>>720106446
it really was amazing
>saudi terrorists destroy the towers
>so america has to invade iraq and afghanistan and spy on its own citizens and send them to blacksites

>>281189551
>Nothing wrong with that.
And there's nothing wrong with being stupid, but it's preferable to not be stupid.
>They can use the internet however they like.
And how they choose to use is it a pretty good indicator of their intelligence. And it's objectively true that those that don't care about their own privacy are less intelligent than those that do. And compromising your privacy so you can post inane comments to amuse yourself is pretty stupid.

>I post on other sites as well lol.
And you've missed the point entirely (not surprising). The point is that you have other sites to ask these same questions, but you deliberately CHOSE this place ask? Why? Was the comments section on a Youtube video not good enough?

>>105985381
>everyone everywhere was taught never to use their real name
Take me back.

>>715762107
At the risk of people rolling their eyes that I'm shifting it forward 5 years, I'm getting to the point where I think it's 2012 that's the fork in the road year.
>Windows 8 and iOS 7 marked the end of skeuomorphism
>Websites now fully being designed with mobile-first responsive frameworks to account for the boon in modern mobile devices
>Twitter, Facebook, Instagram reached cultural saturation
>beginning of "cancel culture" due to virality and everyone having their real name attached to their online persona
>corporatization of the internet was in full effect leading to homogenized user experiences and the end of the wild west web, everything commercialized and algorithmic

>>105859134
>It was much wilder and less safer
"Less" safe?
My nigga, only way to get into ANY sort of trouble while browsing the internet pre-social media was to either download a very suspicious file, or by being a moron and revealing your IRL name and location.

Everyone used avatars and nicknames. Everyone "RP'd". And everyone was a filthy introvert nerd IRL.

>>212527840
just know you're too young if you think that bullshit is comparable to tiktok and twitter

>>714668578
Normalfags were fine using aliases online and separating their online identity from their irl one until corpos started pushing hardcore to erase that