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this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
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Not sure where you’re hanging out that you’re seeing infighting.
Also, I’ve been living in the Internet you describe since 1990. All it takes is intentionally saying no to the corporate offerings; there have been self-hosted and crowd-hosted communities the entire time.
Every once in a while I miss Fidonet though.
Yha, advertising was non-existent on social media in the 1980's, BBS systems and such were run because people like sharing information.
Facebook, Twitter were really about selling stuff and commercial advertising, people flocked to it.
That’s one view on BBSes; I remember ratios and some services charging for extra line access.
Fidonet was dope. Something magical about dialing (mostly) local and being able to see stuff so far flung it would cost you hundreds in long distance premiums normally.
Even if you weren’t a hacker in the modern sense, it was such a good hack in the old school sense that you couldn’t help but feel 1337.