On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 at 16:00, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2024, Robert Feldman via cctalk wrote: > > > Ward Christensen, Early Visionary of Social Media, Dies at 78 > > > > > https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/technology/ward-christensen-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UU4.nswM.540OUXuySX84&smid=url-share > > Thank you for sharing that. > > > The author, presumably a heavy Reddit, TikTok and Facebook user, seemed to > have never heard about existence of computers before internet, nor about > any computer to computer connections other than internet. He does not > seem to know about anything except CBBS,and that solely because it > "resembles Facebook". > I cannot help but agree. This is a piece written by someone who is clearly unfamiliar with any sort of computer networking before the '90s, and they were obviously not willing to do any sort of research into contemporary (in the '70s) computer culture either from a business or hobbyist perspective. I suppose that I might have expected something more of a very high profile newspaper, but at the same time I'm sure this is a "drive-by" piece for the author - checks all the boxes, fulfills all of the requirements that might be asked of the dilettante readership, and it's on to the next surface level treatment of someone who probably made a real impact. -Henry
