[unreal37]

Given that the World Wide Web was invented in 1989... are you saying that the Internet was safer when only FTP and Usenet existed?

[bpt3]

I'm saying that those weren't a safe haven either.

The internet has been full of rogue actors and soft targets since shortly after its inception.

It may have had a small enough user base to be considered a safe haven for a brief period, but it was before my time.