Wanted to ask you about this article, how do you remember the early days of the internet (I was sadly too young at that time). Do you wish it back? And do you think it can ever be like that again? I would be very interested

  • Thelsim@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Penpal websites. I guess they’re like dating sites. You made a profile, write some basic info about yourself, and people could send a message through the site. They’d include their real email in the first message so you could reply directly. It’s very basic.
    There were tons of genuinely nice people to write with back then. I’m sure these days it’d be nothing but scammers and bots.