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Dang it, I missed out. The concision of Twitter was in the direction opposite of what did it for me. It felt like supping with mere typing mortals, yet the internet was a place in which I was hoping to escape mere mortals.
But of course the Eternal September "fixed" those hopes/dreams....
yes, though I was a youngster when ES started, and wasn't on BBSes, etc, before then (no home pc) I still hear/know a lot about the net, etiquette, online digital self-governance (e.g etiquette, ha), and how keeping one's head about them was crucial in a mostly un-moderated and "inconsequential" world. makes me wish I had been there, though I am cool with having the Web pre-Patriot Act, though.
sorry for rambling, I'd like to see "finite August" occur - people have to conduct themselves with common sense and no other guidelines, the "no "real world" blowback" nature of it would CREATE the environment of good exchange. Like being lone on a mountain side - those steps need be watched because no one pulls up with band-aids if anything goes wrong.