alt Hacker NewsSorry, but teenage me, growing up late 90s, wildly disagrees with this statement.
It's always been addictive and destructive. I was staying up past 3am to talk to my American friends, knowing I'd have to get up at 7am to get to school.
Painting the past with such a rose brush does not help anyone.
I was staying up till 3 am listening to my iPod and reading books without internet then going to school at 7
I do think the internet was less bad back then (but still bad) and i also think sometimes teenagers just be teenagers