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by reaperducer 9 days ago
Did kids in the 1990s with access to internet forums have stunted social development?

"He's intelligent, an underachiever, alienated from his parents, has few friends. A classic case for recruitment by the Soviets." — War Games

More seriously, internet forums weren't designed to be addictive. They were designed to communicate.

That's the difference between the past and the present.