ASK HN: Do you remember what it was like when you first used the internet
brk: I remember, but it wasn't as significant.This is likely because I used (and at one point ran) BBS'.  We had FIDONet, CyberCrime net, Usenet gateways, phreaking, and other ways to communicate internationally.  The Internet just made it faster and more graphical and allowed you to multitask.