Posted on 01/08/2015 12:30:11 PM PST by Little Bill
I first ran across conservative comment on Prodigy back in the early 90's. It was a an eye opening event, I marveled that people thought about politics in a similar way as I did.
I started to notice an increasing participation not only vocal, but active.
I asked my Uncle a retired Reporter if he was interested in writing about it. He wasn't.
I think that the Internet has opened up the conversation among we on the right, old News, but how did it affect you?
Anyone else remember FAX networks?
When I signed up for Prodigy was when I first started becoming politically engaged. I still thought of myself as an independent then. I think the internet has played a role in helping people find out where they really stand politically in a way that magazines and news papers couldn’t possibly accomplish. The level of interaction and the availability of information is without compare. Its that information that makes me an even more committed conservative but then again I’ve always been an information kind of guy and I suppose even without the internet I would be of a similar mindset. The big difference is with the internet it takes me 10 minutes to research something that would’ve taken days or weeks before.
Another poster said I should check out a website called FreeRepublic.com. Been here ever since.
I started with Atari 800 and Atari-themed magazines, typing in games, calendars, etc. Then a Radio Shack Model 100 and then a Gold Star PC with Compuserve and Prodigy and Usenet.
I remember before search engines I could find great websites like UTexas maps, scholarly articles, etc., then paywalls and the big search engines pushed intelligence off until there was only commercial.
Prior to the internet (I’m old I guess) I had Reagan and Rush and knew then I wasn’t alone!-)
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