re: #387 ObserverArt

Morning!

I think ‘mouse may have missed out on about ten years in your debate. Most people use 1996 as the big boom in the internet where computers became inexpensive enough for everyone to start getting on the ‘net. By then software for forums became more popular and easy to use. That allowed all kinds of specialty forums which started to give people online centers to discuss their favorite pastimes, hobbies, politics, etc.

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Anyway…1996 to 2007 a lot of what we are going through today had started and was building.

Carry on! Just wanted to toss that little bit of history.

Thanks. 1996-2007 maps precisely to my homeless period, when computer access was a bit problematic to me.