Comment on Welcome to the web we lost
AugustWest@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
For the first time strangers were meeting other than face to face, and without any of the social context clues that would have previously guided us in person.
The suggest this was the 90’s? More like the 80’s. BBS were doing this for quite a while.
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
My blazing fast 26k baud modem had my friends and I connecting …(mom, I’m on the computer!)…connecting… (BeepBongBoobBeeereREEEEEEEEEEEE Pingping ding eoooohhhhh bding) connecting to the greatest BBS with color ascii to play the newest text based space trade war adventure games !!!
As a 10 year old, though, it was never about meeting people. It was just cool and fun.