Where did you learn everything you needed to know about online discourse?
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in the 80s 'online' was often very local . you learned not to say things you wouldnt say to that persons face because there was every chance you would run into them at some local gathering of users.
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AOL LOLOL1
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It wasn't just one place. It wasn't even all online.
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By being a part of online discourse as early as 1993 and watching it grow pretty much from inception.
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I started in a/s/l? chat rooms, but as social media has evolved, so has the discourse. I think I had to relearn every time I changed platforms.
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By being terminally online since the previous century.
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Team Fortress 2 custom servers
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Runescape
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By being a part of online discourse as early as 1993 and watching it grow pretty much from inception.
wrote last edited by [email protected]If you count the telegraph as online communication, it'd go back to the mid-1800s.
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Sounds quite similar to CB radio.
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If you count the telegraph as online communication, it'd go back to the mid-1800s.
"Back in my day, we weren't online, we did lines! And there were fuckin' ninjas on the lawn tryna kill us, too!"
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On MMOs, trying not to sound like a kid, even though I was a kid, so I could join groups of cool people and guilds. Learned a lot of American lingo on Reddit.
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Alt.flame. iykyk
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The starwars.com forum long before the Disney purchase killed it, then Digg until the v4 update, then Reddit until the APIpocalypse.
So many communities I've seen wrecked by corporate greed. The Fediverse gives me hope for people being able to interact online without having to worry about the enshittification.
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Napster chatrooms
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Usenet and IRC, back in the late 90s. Damn I'm getting old.
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Making as many mistakes, missteps, misunderstandings, misconceptions and misses as possible.
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&totse and IRC mostly
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4chan taught me that, in a highly uncivilised world, the best thing to do is be kind and keep your dignity. It'll either calm people's spirits or infuriate others, and I enjoy both, lol. Also, words don't have to hurt, especially those from online strangers!
