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paulcnichols on Dec 18, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Internet as Television

Maybe I wasn’t hardcore enough, but my youth started trapped in AOL’s walled garden. It took a long time to realize there was an internet outside of it.

micah94 on Dec 18, 2018 [–]

You broke out, that's all that matters. :) I was once trapped inside the CompuServe walled garden. It took a while to discover there were BBSes outside of it.

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