Last time I felt like that when I joined reddit. Being part of a community of tech-enthusiast from all over the world.
Thank you all for being here. Thank you for contributing. Let`s fail better this time.
Remember how the internet in the late 90’s and early 2000’s felt so much better? I’ve heard someone say that’s because in order to get online, you needed to be tech-savy and smart because computers and the internet weren’t main stream. That’s how I feel here. Regular folk won’t bother joining (they can stay on FB) or even know about it.
I meant to reply here but commented at the post.
Maybe it’s that. People feel more friendly here. And on Reddit people just commented for karma (or at least that was my impression in the big subs)
Outlier here, I’m not tech-savvy or all that smart when it comes to a lot things tech based, but I keep trying, and I’ve always had a healthy curiosity to want to know enough to at least try to follow along. I’m also ever so grateful for people like you, that create places like this so I can at the very least , respectfully and politely, be able to be here, even if it’s just on the fringes.
but I keep trying, and I’ve always had a healthy curiosity to want to know enough to at least try to follow along.
That’s one quality that becomes more rare these days. And it’s quite sad to see.
I keep trying, and I’ve always had a healthy curiosity
As I recall, this is the essence of the classical hacker mindset:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Manifesto
https://web.archive.org/web/20130827121341/http://cosman246.com/jargon.html#hacker
I’m not tech-savvy or all that smart when it comes to a lot things tech based, but I keep trying, and I’ve always had a healthy curiosity to want to know enough to at least try to follow along
This is worth so much more than knowledge any day.
you can go back a bit in time a bit more, even, to when aol and others opened up the internet to the masses for the first time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_SeptemberAh yes, the late 90’s. When we thought the future is looking bright and the internet is the tool to achieve it.
Sometimes I look into the mirror and ask myself: “What happend?” :-)
Maybe it’s that. People feel more friendly here. And on Reddit people just commented for karma (or at least that was my impression in the big subs)
I’ve noticed shit posts simply don’t get upvotes instead of being downvote bombed.
I like to think people understand it doesn’t do anything over here but I’m still hesitant to give people that much credit.
Depending on your instance, down votes are disabled.
Best meme of the day
feels like early 2000’s internet
