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That may be because back in the 90s it took some skill to get online and participate in any way with others.

I definitely miss the way people would freely help further technical facets as new technologies came about.

The phrase "Eternal September" was coined on usenet once ISPs opened the floodgates of users to what was once a small community. The "September" referring to the yearly influx of new freshmen gaining access via universities.

Average computer illiteracy across the entire internet population is down. I never got to experience the era of bulletin services, RSS feeds, emailing your friends, IRC.

Where's the tech bro internet? Where's the cool internet with the learning curve? Where am I??

Tech bro internet is all in the metaverse. The entry fee is 3 NFTs.

I'd rather leave the internet

s/internet/people

(not even sure if this is the right code, which illustrates my point I guess)

I think people overall got smarter. It's just that the really smart people know exactly how to split the dumb people against the not as dumb people. intelligence doesn't necessarily affect your ability to fall into tribalism, it just changes the weak points.