Not really. I'd say a lot of this started to change in the late 00's, and there were plenty on the internet in the early 00's that knew about basic online safety. We can argue and split hairs that those people were less normie than most other normies, but at the end of the day the common belief was to be cautious on the internet. Now you're considered somewhat of a freak for not sharing everything.
I disagree. And like I said, we're now entering the stage of splitting hairs about who is or isn't a normie or just how much of a normie someone may or may not be based on the idea they had a level of online safety consciousness. I stand by my statement that the first lot of normies were conscious of basic online safety. From there you can say that they weren't normies, or they weren't as normie as the normies that came in the late 00's, but I will still say that they were normie.
Not really. I'd say a lot of this started to change in the late 00's, and there were plenty on the internet in the early 00's that knew about basic online safety. We can argue and split hairs that those people were less normie than most other normies, but at the end of the day the common belief was to be cautious on the internet. Now you're considered somewhat of a freak for not sharing everything.
You're describing the exact timeframe during which normies arrived on the internet.
Yes. I am. Because the point I'm making is that the early normies were conscious of online safety, and then they weren't.
Those weren't normies. The normie was never conscious of online safety.
I disagree. And like I said, we're now entering the stage of splitting hairs about who is or isn't a normie or just how much of a normie someone may or may not be based on the idea they had a level of online safety consciousness. I stand by my statement that the first lot of normies were conscious of basic online safety. From there you can say that they weren't normies, or they weren't as normie as the normies that came in the late 00's, but I will still say that they were normie.