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Comment by wallace_f | Hacker News Reader

>Hello from Croatia!

Reminds me of a feeling that the web had back then. Full of wonder, opportunity; it felt safe, friendly, cozy. I wish I could explain it better. Kind of like a party with trusted friends with shared interests and discovery.

Now it feels like a lot of work and little wonder. It feels unsafe, hostile and you know you are being watched, but not for your protection.

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Sometimes when I look things up, I find forum discussions from over 15 years ago. It's interesting observing how at first you might not realize it, and then they make references that make you look at the date and you realize you're reading a back and forth discussion that took place over a decade ago and it's still available to look at. Do those people still have those same interests? So many little meaningless questions.

Anyways. Randomc omment but your comment reminded me of this lol.

OTOH,the oldest guestbook entry is spam advertising the signer's web page lol. That part was there from the beginning.

Yea, and not just the greasy salesmanship and profiteering, but the psychopaths and bullies were there as well.

It was still a lot different, and I liked the fact it was filled with a lot more nerds, relatively speaking.

When getting online required more effort, it filtered out a lot of people who weren't serious. I often wonder what is the equivalent to a BBS today.

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