Disconnected: The Price of Friendship in a Virtual WorldFortunately, computers were something I used both at school and work, and as a hobby, way before the internet ever existed, in fact, it was back around 1981 and the closest thing to the internet was ArpaNet and a special connectivity program offered through the telephone company that was outrageously expensive (I was a subscriber). The closest I ever got to any interaction with others was on BBSs, and that was on dialup, so I never spent a huge amount of time on them. Well, I did some forum following on one of the local BBSs, but by the time the internet came along I really didn't have any interest in having lots of interaction with strangers on the 'net...
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