I would imagine it was harder to get information on topics as you would’ve had to buy/borrow encyclopedias to do.

Were there proprietary predecessor websites?

Tell me about the dark ages!

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    13 days ago

    You could argue about who was right about some obscure fact all night long, or come up with your own creative theories.
    Nowadays, in less than a minute, someone will look it up, killing the conversation.