It’s more before and after having a GUI web, which wasn’t so much a matter of Andreessen inventing it (which happened in like 1994/1995) as it was ISP’s switching over from shell accounts for their users so most people could use it (which was more 1997 - 1999 or so.)
Before that most of the social internet was usenet and IRC. Usenet in particular reminded me a lot of what reddit was for a while (especially reddit old) and what I could see the fediverse turning into.
It’s more before and after having a GUI web, which wasn’t so much a matter of Andreessen inventing it (which happened in like 1994/1995) as it was ISP’s switching over from shell accounts for their users so most people could use it (which was more 1997 - 1999 or so.)
Before that most of the social internet was usenet and IRC. Usenet in particular reminded me a lot of what reddit was for a while (especially reddit old) and what I could see the fediverse turning into.