Everything was and is TCP/IP so when people migrated from AOL it wasn't due to increasing the difficulty level of the move, it was lowering the price and the bar of understanding. AOL was complicated to use (as I know) compared to the GUI's these days.
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I like nostr more than twitter for multiple reasons. One reason is that if you win an argument with logic on nostr, while the antagonist may not do the right thing and verbally concede defeat, at least he will not go full asshole as on twitter and get his followers to pigpile you with emotional diatribe.