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It's funny if so - I was so old on Reddit. But this means I'm old enough to remember Usenet so this platform is comfortable for me.
I don't think it was difficult at all to sign up though, doesn't seem like a barrier to entry.
Yeah, I think this is the real reason its older folks here: We remember the old Internet. The old Internet was interacting and talking to new people. The modern internet is just dodging ads, and making data for companies serving ads.
Woah Usenet was used for other stuff than 1Gbps piracy?
Well yeah, text based message boards. There was an active belly dance community, so I am guessing there was a board for just about everything. Text based games too.
It was mostly porn, like everything else.