> The trolls won the war for usenet too. It didn't destroy the internet.
It sure as hell destroyed Usenet, though. I remember, because I was there when it happened.
At least when we lost Usenet there was somewhere else for all those discussions to migrate to: the Web. If they destroy the Web, where are the discussions supposed to go then?
Please remember that just because someone says a thing, that does not make it true.
Reddit is not the WHOLE internet. Just because trolls are causing havoc at reddit doesn't mean that they're winning everywhere.
Further any one website isn't the whole internet. Usenet was a unified system, the myraid websites that people troll on right now are not. Facebook is different from Reddit which is different from slashdot which is different from HN which is different from etc.
It sure as hell destroyed Usenet, though. I remember, because I was there when it happened.
At least when we lost Usenet there was somewhere else for all those discussions to migrate to: the Web. If they destroy the Web, where are the discussions supposed to go then?