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I remember telling my dad that the internet is serious back when it was reported to have a million users. We used to argue because he thought it was just a passing fad and everything was fake.

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> everything was fake

Maybe he was just ahead of the time and just predicting future...

That was the common view at the time, that you couldn't trust it because it wasn't from a trusted publisher. The inaccuracy was the implication that you could trust legacy media.

Which definitely isn't wrong for a brand new medium like the internet. Early internet was "marketed" as being able to read articles, news, and academic stuff.

Reminds me of when wikipedia was young, and everyone was worried people would trust articles at face value.

Fast forward to now, and trust is very hard to come by

He forgot to remember the most important lesson of all, humans love fake things above all else.

From novels to games to movies... and facebook conspiracy posts.

What did he mean by "everything is fake"?

internet really is empty and is a front for government psyops (see dead internet theory)

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