This was kind of my experience. But it was when BBS then web forums went to Six Degrees then Friendster. MySpace was mainly great for music discovery. Then Facebook walled garden destroyed it all.

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@[email protected] and yet... back in 1990 I was thinking that everyone would connect and be exposed to all the *good* info/culture/ideas. Why did all the crap get boosted when all the good was there for the taking? It can't be coincidence that I can pinpoint the moment I thought things were suddenly heading suckward - it was when everyone wanted to join Facebook, closely followed by Google buying up a bunch of services and merging all my accounts on them. I was heavily into internet-enabled phones before "smartphones" became a thing, and again saw my hopes dashed when everyone jumped onto WhatsApp.

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