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I fit that mold. I'm a blind guy who has been online since 1993. I cannot describe in words how much my life changed after discovering plaintext communication over computer networks. Whole new worlds opened up for me that had previously been closed, and since the net at the time was mostly text, I was as capable of communicating as anyone else. I had found a "great equalizer".

I do appreciate the snark for what it is. People like me will keep on making our computer-mediated communities, in spite of whatever big tech is doing.