On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog

4 pointsposted 6 hours ago
by chistev

4 Comments

beardyw

6 hours ago

2026 version:

On the internet nobody knows you're a human.

nephihaha

3 hours ago

The trajectory of disagreement online.

2009: I disagree. You're a troll.

2019: I don't like you. You're a Russian bot.

2029: Is there anyone out there? Are you human?

vanschelven

6 hours ago

> The cartoon symbolizes the liberation of one's Internet presence from popular prejudices.

As the kind of human that prefer to not communicate with dogs (bots) I've always interpreted the comic much more negatively than implied by the article

pestatije

6 hours ago

> dogs (bots)

that was never implied... remember this is 1993