Where Did We Start?
Thirty years ago, the internet was a different world: to navigate it, you either had to know the exact URL or rely on Altavista. People met on forums and newsgroups, using connections that were strictly pay-per-use. Back then, forums were hosted on servers managed by volunteers or small companies; when a provider faced a technical failure—which happened often—the outage only isolated a small slice of users without bringing down the entire network.
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