Hi mac, and Energylz. I see the name Principled here as well, all about 6 years ago, so HP is certainly quieter than the place it once was!
I just happened to be corresponding on Facebook with a couple of guys, and one was harking back to the good old days when the internet was free, with no commercialisation. The subject had just come up that Meta/Facebook had suddenly asked everyone whether we wanted to continue for free with ads or -- pay to have no ads. So that kicked things off about the commercialisation and control factors on the internet these days, What a zoo it's become!
Got me thinking of how it used to be nice and friendly, and extremely active (!) here on HP. Obviously it's gone quiet as people gravitated towards broader platforms which millions are on. Of all the people I once knew here, some face-to-face, I daresay some aren't even around, or it would take the medium of a medium to get in touch.
I was on HP in an active way from 2003 to around 2010. I see I last posted here 12 years ago. If anyone wants to drop me a "hi" by all means do so. 🙂 Am in good health, obviously over all these years a lot has happened, good and bad, but life is OK and rather calm at the moment, in a nice place.
In contrast to the impersonal nature of the mass-platforms today such as FB and such, back in the day here on HP we actually organised face-to-face group meet-ups! I attended two or three in Bath, and got to know a small number of people in real life. Good times. I hope anyone I knew reading this is doing well. Just popping in to say hi. xx
"Venetian" 🙂
Hi mac, and Energylz. I see the name Principled here as well, all about 6 years ago, so HP is certainly quieter than the place it once was!
I just happened to be corresponding on Facebook with a couple of guys, and one was harking back to the good old days when the internet was free, with no commercialisation. The subject had just come up that Meta/Facebook had suddenly asked everyone whether we wanted to continue for free with ads or -- pay to have no ads. So that kicked things off about the commercialisation and control factors on the internet these days, What a zoo it's become!
Got me thinking of how it used to be nice and friendly, and extremely active (!) here on HP. Obviously it's gone quiet as people gravitated towards broader platforms which millions are on. Of all the people I once knew here, some face-to-face, I daresay some aren't even around, or it would take the medium of a medium to get in touch.
I was on HP in an active way from 2003 to around 2010. I see I last posted here 12 years ago. If anyone wants to drop me a "hi" by all means do so. 🙂 Am in good health, obviously over all these years a lot has happened, good and bad, but life is OK and rather calm at the moment, in a nice place.
In contrast to the impersonal nature of the mass-platforms today such as FB and such, back in the day here on HP we actually organised face-to-face group meet-ups! I attended two or three in Bath, and got to know a small number of people in real life. Good times. I hope anyone I knew reading this is doing well. Just popping in to say hi. xx
"Venetian" 🙂