For me, it was that the Internet never forgets and that you should never enter your real name. In my opinion, both of these rules are now completely ignored.

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    20 days ago

    Don’t talk to strangers.

    Searching things is easy so don’t post something without checking it. People now don’t make the slightest effort to verify a rumor or conspiracy crap.

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      20 days ago

      and, conversely, posting things you have “verified”

      “You’re wrong! I was able to prove it with a quick Google!”

      Your knowledge coming from a ‘quick google’ isn’t the flex you think it is. Most things that can be proven with a quick google are false.