First whack at the question: I think my ability to write comments—I’ve never done a lot of posts—is at least as good as it was 30 years ago. I’m 57.
I get approximately the same amount and kind of respect.
The only change I see is that I think I’ve got a more emotional range in what I write.
I’m curious. Were you on Usenet in the really early days, or did you often write letters to the editor, or participate in fanzines, or what are you comparing with?
Usenet in the early nineties (not the really early days) and apas for at least a decade before that.
Ah, interesting. I was aware of fanzines, but not that they were just part of a more general phenomenon.
First whack at the question: I think my ability to write comments—I’ve never done a lot of posts—is at least as good as it was 30 years ago. I’m 57.
I get approximately the same amount and kind of respect.
The only change I see is that I think I’ve got a more emotional range in what I write.
I’m curious. Were you on Usenet in the really early days, or did you often write letters to the editor, or participate in fanzines, or what are you comparing with?
Usenet in the early nineties (not the really early days) and apas for at least a decade before that.
Ah, interesting. I was aware of fanzines, but not that they were just part of a more general phenomenon.