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user-inactivated  ·  3859 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Laura E. Hall: What Happens When Digital Cities Are Abandoned?

I had a similar experience with various Usenet newsgroups and irc channels. I wonder if much of the web moving towards being tied to your real-world identity will hamper that. I'm sure I wouldn't have have been as welcome as I was a lot of places if they new I was a 14 year old kid in Mayberry.





user-inactivated  ·  3858 days ago  ·  link  ·  

IRC: the only place a 14 year old could talk to college students about interesting things without being insulted, disrespected or ignored. Truly a great contribution to society.

cov  ·  3858 days ago  ·  link  ·  

While all my friends have of course decided to use Facebook chat, Snapchat, and the like, all I really wish is that I could get just one of them to understand the simplicity and beauty that is IRC.