It has everything to do with nostalgia. Nostalgia is the only reason you can even express a concept as nebulous as "online freedom," when hardly anyone in the current generation can even conceptualize what that means, nevermind how it's lacking in TikTok, or why they would desire it in the first place. Waxing nostalgic for the "online freedom" of usenet is no different than extolling the virtues of "hard work" that are lost on those damn kids nowadays who don't even need to hike up a snowy hill to get to school.
Hi, I've never used Usenet not TikTok. I would take Usenet over TikTok any day of the week. That's not nostalgia. That's Usenet being more compatible with my values as an individual than TikTok.
