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>>10817516
>What kind of history revision retardation is this?
That anon is an idiot, but it's not hard to explain or understand.
>There were plenty of normies on the internet even in the 90's.
It wasn't a critical mass of people, though. Kids using it at school were often quite limited or monitored. Adults surfed the web consuming amateur content and spreading rumors through small communities. No matter what your definition of "normie" is, internet use in the 90s was still very low compared to what was to come. This was true in terms of number of people online, time spent online, and amount of content available online.

During the early 2000s, the internet became exponentially more influential. I still remember a dialog from Season One of West Wing (1999) where the characters are discussing damage control for an imminent scandal involving their Chief of Staff. The story was "already out on the internet" meaning they had another 8 hours before it actually hit the "real" news cycle. Within 5ish years you'd never see a line like that, the distinction between the internet and the "real" media disappeared in that timeframe.