Remember G+ during the invite stage where we had hangouts with new people?
Too bad Google isn't doing more about porn bots on tech topics (although block, report, delete with one click is nice.) Otherwise I like the small community feeling. It's easier to find common ground amidst the differences.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/28/16795090/internet-community-2017-post-mortem-tumblr-amino-drip-tinyletter
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I miss the hangouts... Circle shares...
ReplyDeleteGood grief, next thing you know we'll have reinvented BBS'ing, IRC, Usenet, and Metafilter.
ReplyDeleteYou kids, get off my lawn!
Usenet, threaded comments and many-layered quote cakes, bliss assembling optics and cornering intentions. The Socratic medium.
ReplyDeleteThe Well here we come.
ReplyDeleteThere are some advantages to communities which have "you must be at least this smart" barriers to entry... and at the same time I recognize how elitist and narrow that is because I've met any number of fascinating people IRL who don't have time or don't find text interaction satisfying.
ReplyDeleteThe internet is not a culture. It just helps facilitate whatever culture we build or are a part of. All the internet does is make it easier to find people for better or worse.
ReplyDeleteI was always a fan of IRC back in the 90s. Worked out pretty great for me too - met my wife in a chat room back in the day when my 386SX/20 could get online with a 'super fast' 33.6k modem, but couldn't display more than like 16 freakin' colours. LOL Man, I remember getting my Pentium 120 with a 56k modem! It was all ... WOW!! How the times have changed in under 20 years, eh? (My wife's sister met her husband in the same chat room ... first IRL meeting was at our wedding! Funny world ...)
ReplyDeleteChris Pollard Likewise - met the spouse on a BBS in the early '90's, chatted for a year or so. Then we met at an ops party and had one of those "You're namerose?" "You're welder?" moments...
ReplyDeleteMiriam Rozian When we started chatting, she was still married, and I was seeing someone. It was just random chatter in a 'truth or dare' game room. LOL Then she split, I got dumped, started chatting more, and the whole first meeting experience was a story in itself! I spent a bit over a week there in November, she came here for two weeks in March (when she got the ring), next meeting was about 5 days before the wedding. Yes, it was absolutely crazy, and I'd tell my daughter to see a shrink if she did anything like it today. But we're coming up on 19 years in July! Marry your best friend ... goodness ensues. :)
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who met his wife online back in the 90's.
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