@elrainia@lemmy.world describes working on internet infrastructure back in the 1990s. This was on one of those "drive by" AskLemmys where a new user posts a juicy question, then after a couple hours they delete the topic and their account. However, those posts and comments are still visible in Piefed, ex: https://piefed.social/post/1733969#comment_9969293
Been there, been part of it, too. Oh those times, before the invention of email SPAM. Later, the days of an open web without ads.
Yeah. Isn't it funny how we thought the Internet would magically make the world a better place? Maybe it was just me.