"Those of us who were on the internet back in the ’80s remember when we treated it as a private playground. We could say whatever we wanted, to
whomever we wanted. After all, it was purely ephemeral. Nobody was keeping this stuff; like CB radio, you could be a total jackass and get away with it.
All those early Usenet discussions? Yeah, Google recovered them and put them online. Our beliefs were the exact opposite of true." - #af3e