Subj : Re: Back at it
To   : Abbub
From : Tracker1
Date : Mon May 01 2023 11:39 pm

 Ab> In any event, without getting political, I suspect that the real answer is
 Ab> that people had more of a veneer of civility about them 30 years ago. Sure
 Ab> you had trolls, but to the bulk of the population being a troll was
 Ab> socially unacceptable. I'm not sure that the same is true today.

I think the locality of BBSing back then had a lot to do with it... You were just as likely to actually meet people that you got into flame wars with. Also the locality meant interacting with more of your "neighbors" and with more differing views, where most people wind up in clusters of interest groups or bubbles in terms of ideology today.
  
   
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