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Omg I think I...slightly disagree, for once? I mean, if young ppl want to know how it was not to know who was wrong in a debate...just compare 2 ppl's ai algos on the same topic😬

And the early wikipedias were the gophers, long lost art of information

missing the days of Usenet when some maniac on alt.music.kinks decreed a secular fatwa on my friend for releasing a Kinks parody CD.

I remember the Why Ninjas are so Awesome website I don’t know if it’s still around but I believe if you buy a domain you should own it forever OR some part of the internet should be considered utilities where everyone gets a free website forever like a physical address

The early internet was all bang paths and telnet.

Early web... But not super early internet.

Yes, he could, easily, who's even arguing this on Mike's side?

The death blow to forums were Karma systems that were implemented. The best thing we had on our forums were whimsical temp bans which people took in stride and used to get some damn work done (or spend a day outside).

touché

So, you know Bruce would have won after that talk the time we argued ...or do we hafta go over *again* why?! ;) ...then there was the Internet Conservation Society, when a brave group was making webpage image files *smaller* to free up bandwidth for emergency lines

Warriors of words...

Real Ultimate Power!

Were forums the same as Usenet groups or were they different?

And ASCII based video game walkthroughs. An early art form.