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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They never grew up with the paranoia that was the early internet, possibly because the modern paradigm of social media is to use it as an extension of yourself, rather than treating it as a separate thing.

You would have been beyond foolish to list your age, location, sexuality, and various psychological vulnerabilities on the internet back in the day. Even A/S/L was pushing the line some.