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I've been online for 24 years! I was a chat and message board "host" (later Community Leader or CL) on AOL (for 10 years). Everything was dial-up, and we competed with Prodigy and CompuServe (remember them?). At that time, we still hand-coded html for our websites since there wasn't any software that could do it for us yet. We argued the virtues of Netscape vs. the AOL browser (Netscape was far superior). Seems like yesterday...
But yeah, being kind and helpful to noobs was coded in my internet DNA a long time ago, so I agree totally. And yes, DU is awesome. 
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