2025-09-28 20:43 UTC
@cavyherd @dacig @JellyTBeagle I got hooked by the Internet in the eighties, but I also am quoted in an interview online in the 2000s as saying the Internet would likely become an unusable slag heap in ten years.
My therapist was genuinely perplexed when I said meeting people online was the first time I was able to find acceptance, and a place I could avoid bullying. I know that's not people's experience now. The enshittification has been thorough.
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@cavyherd@wandering.shop 2025-09-28 20:50
@Cetraria @dacig @JellyTBeagle Your therapist was an ignoramous. Probably very well meaning, but seriously? (I hope this was A While Ago. If it was recent—I would seriously question their bona fides.) I met one of my two best friends in rec.arts.sf.babylon5 (which dates me/us, yes.) I had an advantage in being plugged into a segment of #ScienceFiction #fandom that were early adopters (back when it was reasonable to do that). So the transition from RL to The Net was nearly seamless for me. >