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What are some of the rules about the Internet that were taught to you but are now completely ignored? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me, it was that the Internet never forgets and that you should never enter your real name. In my opinion, both of these rules are now completely ignored.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Make sure you use the right type of search engine for the type of information you want.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Since when this was a rule rule??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Before Google dominated you had a different search engine for blogs, mp3s, warez, link pages etc. You also had directories where the content of the web was neatly organised by topic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Never lived on this era but this feels life a fresh breath of peaceful life.