Even just like 15 years ago the internet was insane. Message boards sucked in a lot of ways and in others were quite good. Also there was clearnet drug sites operating like crazy and were super legit lol
Honestly, I think watching in real time as platforms like Facebook and Twitter grimly foreclosed on the creative and experimental possibilities of the early internet was a large factor in my radicalization.
Listening to Machinae Supremacy while quoting Mentor's Last Words and Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace.
And being very, very angry about Horse Armor.
