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Post #AwukVoevBDongZhbdY by [email protected] |
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Question for the Gen X and older crowd: did the '90s internet boom feel sim… |
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Post #AwukVolInUvG0MghaC by [email protected] |
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@czeins Yes in terms of hype - though scaling accordingly, the hyl was only aim… |
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Post #AwuqsjAiLZDL3KsiQK by [email protected] |
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@czeins In the sense that you can see most of the actual benefits don't mee… |
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Post #AwwGp0YGZx6HlOkEUK by [email protected] |
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@czeins the internet was new and exciting back then, and it seemed to have a lo… |
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Post #AwwGpHAmmVQ3JUtDkW by [email protected] |
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@czeins not in the slightest. the tech being promoted back then both worked (mo… |
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Post #AwwGpHIaJVephgXRuC by [email protected] |
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@dj2mn @czeins and also it was left up to us to adopt it when and as we chose. … |
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Post #AwwGpJGX07Cfntapyy by [email protected] |
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@czeins @kevinrns In some ways, yes: the business section of the newspaper beca… |
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Post #AwwGpJP2UU0cEHZdFA by [email protected] |
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@bennomatic @czeins @kevinrns "Welcome... To ZomboCom!" |
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Post #AwwGpKSGZyBVUa5iue by [email protected] |
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@czeins yes and no. There were a lot of the same faces, same punchable, control… |
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Post #AwwGpgWyV91TxYSnJ2 by [email protected] |
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@czeins Sure, I remember the hype. I suppose looking back it was a variation of… |
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Post #AwwGplR8GIJvAslhOS by [email protected] |
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@Stinkie @czeins ^This. I founded a small software company in 1998 that made a … |
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Post #AwwGpzUU0dJqlKRZYm by [email protected] |
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@czeins @theartlav oh what a fun question! I have to muse this over a bit. I’… |
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Post #AwwGqD5TSPdIvoqnWS by [email protected] |
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@czeins Good question. Here’s a true story from 1997: https://www.tbray.org/o… |
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Post #AwwGqDCv0jaVIuKk7s by [email protected] |
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@timbray >When Data Processing found out, they were aghast. They said “Wha… |
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Post #AwwGqLA1RO1ZyF2Xiq by [email protected] |
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@Stinkie @czeins That's a good point. In the 90s it was all about optimism … |
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Post #AwwGqLHoyOGMMQglsW by [email protected] |
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@NilaJones Dread is a terrible feel. 😐 @Stinkie @czeins |
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Post #AwwGqaI1BwKitNtdlg by [email protected] |
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@czeins no, it was much more broadly optimistic, despite the obvious “froth�… |
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Post #AwwGqb5eDQ23NJ7H7o by [email protected] |
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@czeins it was more of a gras roots movement. People wanted companies to be on … |
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Post #AwwGqmlApMmjZHd5sW by [email protected] |
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@czeins The hype about the powerful impact was justified. Not so much now. But … |
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Post #AwwGqvTmPPDebwYpW4 by [email protected] |
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@czeins No. Back then it was the users violating copyright, not the providers. |
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Post #AwwGr4LFSUk665ddy4 by [email protected] |
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@czeins this feels so much more desperate and knowingly grifting whereas the la… |
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Post #AwwGr4Rd4lqYPscjui by [email protected] |
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@czeins for all the bullshit hype in the dot com era, the Internet actually did… |
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Post #AwwGr8Hqn4OwKi4zE8 by [email protected] |
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@czeins I would say the hype was similar, although last time I'd say there … |
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Post #AwwGrLhqthvNx7LR3o by [email protected] |
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@czeins no because the internet was genuinely useful for the most part. People … |
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Post #AwwGrTkH0acAswXTwe by [email protected] |
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@czeins It's similar but a big difference is that back then stuff might be … |
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Post #AwwGrgcx77U0q0DJq4 by [email protected] |
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@czeins i know this post is from a couple weeks ago (someone boosted it), but y… |
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Post #AwwGrtp839wnlX0j7g by [email protected] |
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@czeins Not even close, the AI boom is more data siphoning to bypass privacy po… |
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Post #AwwGs7gQWJIykb2yVE by [email protected] |
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@czeins the 90's produced things that people actually wanted, companies th… |
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Post #AwwGsAMKZU0r38fT60 by [email protected] |
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@timbray @czeins So many memories! I was in IT around this time. My boss was a … |
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Post #AwwGsGcrGwnYU8Rkgq by [email protected] |
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@timbray @czeins I wonder if exactly this sort of thing you describe, but in ge… |
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Post #AwwGsHtuX226RJQsuO by [email protected] |
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@czeins Absolutely not. At 56 I lived through all the cycles as an adult & … |
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Post #AwwGsTj0ZORT6yQLa4 by [email protected] |
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@czeins Nope. The ‘90s boom was about connecting people. This boom is about r… |
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Post #AwwGt3FqTIVNIx3Z7g by [email protected] |
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@czeins Na, internet had more use cases. |
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Post #AwwGt3NI1cSZg2XVj6 by [email protected] |
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@KarlHeinzHasliP @czeins As a millennial, what threw me off was learning about … |
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Post #AwwGt6WcJOhfRpvVBI by [email protected] |
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@czeins I'm surprised I didn't get more traction when you first posted … |
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Post #AwwGt9yNUdgy8nwDMu by [email protected] |
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@czeins No, although nothing feels the same the 5th? time round as it did the f… |
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Post #AwwGtKz8Y9pqILNTZw by [email protected] |
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@czeins Certainly some parallels between the dot.com boom and the current AI/LL… |
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Post #AwwGtUpZwY8Cpayz4K by [email protected] |
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@czeins No. It was slower and less hypey. Not saying that there were no over-hy… |
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Post #AwwGtevGQGcY87ifJo by [email protected] |
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@czeins I'd say one major difference is that the companies of the dot-com b… |
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Post #AwwGtodYIyOYG5Vf6G by [email protected] |
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@czeins it feels very similar to the 2000 boom. Lots of companies with a very d… |
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Post #AwwGtx7cl3CeZfdn5E by [email protected] |
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@timbray @czeins I really love this. |
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Post #AwwGu4j6U6LI9wEJyS by [email protected] |
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@czeins Leading-edge millennial here, but no, not at all. The AI "boom&quo… |
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Post #AwwGu6iT5R1SKXwqGG by [email protected] |
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@czeins web just sort of happened and felt somewhat organic. It was the push to… |
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Post #AwwGuJ2PH86MXrMw0O by [email protected] |
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@czeins Depends on whether you mean the rapidly-expanding access to the interne… |
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Post #AwwGuaotA7z3h9BOQy by [email protected] |
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@czeins Other folks have answered about the reality. But you're asking abou… |
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Post #AwwGuggFNAdVs5BZnU by [email protected] |
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@czeins no, the '90s Internet boom was more of a 'who cares?' event… |
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Post #AwwGuqkruqH77JQPOC by [email protected] |
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@czeins The 90s? Mostly back then seemed like a lot of work to make anything wo… |
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Post #AwwGv7FaaOM6HDvAUi by [email protected] |
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@czeins it doesn't! The 90s boom put a computer in every household, in ever… |
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Post #AwwGvGvOcK92HUYBPM by [email protected] |
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@czeins I think the AI overhype is MUCH bigger. Social media has made things so… |
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Post #AwwGvT8FENYK8oec6K by [email protected] |
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@czeins @JessTheUnstill from my perspective this is much worse. |
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Post #AwwGveNBRB2R0KjCPg by [email protected] |
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@czeins different medium, different mass age. internet hype was tv and newspape… |
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Post #AwwGvh8l9GHbaT0Dqa by [email protected] |
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@czeins No. Yes, there are similarities, but this is much worse. |
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@czeins This time around, we're at a more pathological stage of late capita… |
