[alexander_busek]

Telegraph and teleprinter were teh intarwebs for back then. And of course the venerable snail mail.

The comparison is ludicrous.

In the 1930s, people didn't use the telegraph, the teleprinter, or snail mail to establish large-scale forums for the purpose of sharing fan-fiction, conducting flame-wars, developing conspiracy theories, uploading vast glossaries, etc.

Consider the "Star Wars" phenomenon - or just a single facet of it like the "Jar-Jar Binks" issue. Millions of people have access to an open-ended discussion conducted by hundreds or thousands of laypersons about the literary, social, and even political aspects of that single, reviled character.

Such a thing would have been impossible - nay: unthinkable! - in the pre-Internet era.

Regards,

[Olog-hai]

You take the comparison too seriously.

[minnesota_bound]

#30 People used carrier pigeons : )