@spiralganglion there's an interesting counterpoint here in PLATO, which was a timesharing mainframe system, but the developers of it went to great lengths to make it simultaneous multi-user and user friendly, and by the time it was deployed in the mid to late 60s, it was motivating kids to commit felonies (mostly breaking and entering) to get access to it

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