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What's something you wish to bring back from the late 90's/early 00's internet? (lemmy.kde.social)

submitted 1 year ago by josephsh98@lemmy.kde.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.fmhy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What? I think anonymity was much more prevalent then. "Don't give anyone your real name on the internet, for anything ever" was a rule generally followed until Facebook came around. It wasn't even common for a non-business email address to be a variation on your real name until around 2008

[–] NeoLikesLemmy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I think that was later, when money started to take over.