it was a mix of culture back then the net was the playground of the nerd the geek and general outcasts sure it wasnt perfect there was shippers being obnoxious back then too a lot of other modren problems were there too just some was dressed up in diffrent clothing you had stans of ninty and sega shitting up threads with console war stuff now we got celb a vs celb b stans at it... at least the console wars was kinda funny. what happened was the net had its floodgates opened with the mobile browser this shifted the culture of the net drasticly normal folks with no real intrest with getting a pc or internet subscription could now could browse the net they then supplanted the culture with sheer numbers leaving nerds and such relegated to the back seat of what was their own space but it gets better now that corperations noticed theirs a big market they decided to capitolize on it making the net shittyer as time goes on due to their agressive and privacy eroding effects on the net distorting it you can tell who they are catering to as the net more and more resembles a shitty fucking mobile app.