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The fediverse is an opportunity learned societies can’t ignore (blogs.lse.ac.uk)
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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It was a great way to get porn!

Turn on the connection before you got to bed and wake up with a fresh batch

[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As someone who had to pay 13 cents per minute in the 90s, this sadly was not an option.

[–] MycoBro@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If we left our internet on over night they would cut us off for a few days for “internet abuse”. It would be so hard to connect at peak hours. The modem would make all the silly sounds but end in a busy signal.