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[โ€“] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

They ruined each other. I preferred both when they didn't affect each other - Your neighbor didn't get her news and science lessons from a crackpot blog, and your favorite online community wasn't based on identity politics. The only identity that mattered was your username.

Yeah I mean, people have complicated so many things.

Back in the early days of the internet, you were a laughingstock for being infamous on the internet. Like, you weren't supposed to and it was frowned upon. Now look where that's gotten.

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