Most of you weren't even alive in 1993.
Which means you never got to experience the internet.
And you don't know why it was important for those of us that did.
Which means you never got to experience the internet.
And you don't know why it was important for those of us that did.
I'd guess that most of the HN audience is actually older than 22, you're not the only witness to the birth and growth of the Internet.
Before 1993, it was considered ill-mannered to promote commercial products on the internet. We didn't mind commercial transactions, but certainly frowned on promotions. After all, they were (and are) delivered on the end-users dime.
Marketers took a good idea, and poisoned it to influence people for the purpose of selling them a product. Just like every technology they touch.
More marketers should take Bill Hicks' timeless advice to them.
That sounds like something the TV said. I never heard anyone I know saying that on their own.