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Longtime internet users mourn the loss of the early online commons

Original: I have been online since BBSes. It really was a Commons. There was a kind of joy in that burgeoning internet community,

A veteran internet user reflecting on theBulletin Board System era says the early internet genuinely felt like a commons, filled with joy as people realized they could express themselves and communicate broadly. The reminiscence notes repeated early attempts to build walled gardens, which users at the time resisted in the belief that the open web would prevail. The post is drawing agreement from others nostalgic for that era.

Why now: Nostalgia and concern about today's corporate, walled-garden internet are prompting people to share memories of the open early web.

BBSesthe early internetwalled gardens

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• I have been online since BBSes. It really was a Commons. There was a kind of joy in that burgeoning internet community, humans realizing they could express themselves and communicate so broadly. I remember early, repeated attempts to create a walled garden, but we all believed… · morgan@sfba.social · 7

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