[1]#?BeforeFacebookI? did the same things I do on Facebook just
   with different social networks, all the way back to AOL,
   PC-Link, email, BBS, Usenet. That's back to 1989. Before that?
   CB Radio. Before that? I hung out at the library. Before that? I
   couldn't read. Before that? I was born.
   Biggest difference? People that _aren't_ nerds/geeks are _also_
   online now. But that was true with AOL mid 1990s too. So...
   ...about the same.

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