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lucyjojo ◴[] No.43992607[source]
would be cool for it to be less west/america-centric.
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kome ◴[] No.43993072[source]
I was thinking the same. this is a very american centric vision of the internet - especially when it comes to the websites mentioned
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47282847 ◴[] No.43993593[source]
Works for me as a German, online since 96.

Oh please yes create a version that applies to your cultural background and how you experienced the net!

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0xEF ◴[] No.43994410[source]
> Oh please yes create a version that applies to your cultural background and how you experienced the net!

As an American, I'd love to see this. Been online since AOL came on 3.5" floppies, but I know the US-centric version is only half the story. An example I was exploring recently was Tetetext which I have no memory of in the US. From what I understand, only a handful of bigger cities tried it and it simply was not that popular here. Growing up, we also had the perception that the BBC, in general, was a stuffy old news corp and had no real idea about the BBC Micro since Commodore and Atari dominated here. As an adult, it feels like I missed out on half the computing world back before things became a bit more interconnected.

If someone is up for making such a site, I'd be interested in watching or even contributing if I have anything valuable to offer.

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1. lucyjojo ◴[] No.44001247[source]
All that stuff is fascinating to me.

I would also love to learn about the Chinese internet, which to this day is pretty closed to us.

There is a treasure trove of writings, jokes, stories, games, books, history in there we have no idea about...