> One thing I always loved in any old sci-fi that dealt with internet-like spaces was that most of them had a concept of a public internet. They generally sort of felt like the "slums" of the internet filled with trash and spam and stashes for hackers, but the concept of a public space to which anyone could post anything always appealed to me. I'm quite sad that we don't have something like this.
Usenet still exists, and it is definitely filled with trash and spam. There are various projects working on similar sorts of public (or sometimes private but open) spaces without those downsides, it remains to be seen what will end up filling this niche.
Usenet still exists, and it is definitely filled with trash and spam. There are various projects working on similar sorts of public (or sometimes private but open) spaces without those downsides, it remains to be seen what will end up filling this niche.