Net Access and the Value
of Information:
In the late 80's and early 90's
it was hard for many to gain access to the Internet. This didn't stop some people
from mind gaming an audience who could only gain access to hobbyist nets. You were
made to feel inferior if you didn't have access to the Internet, even though Fido and the
other hobbyist nets were going strong and had thousands of nodes worldwide. As the
moderator of the Fido TVRO Echo I had to fight a battle against those that were being
brainwashed into thinking that the net they couldn't yet gain access to was the ONLY way
to communicate. No matter what was being said on talk shows, flaming and degenerate
behavior was just as bad on the Internet.