Nostalgic Things From The Early Days Of Internet

Diah 2 year s ago

I remember working in an office in '99-'00, and complaining about how terrible Ask Jeeves was. My buddy told me about this new thing called "googol, but spelled wrong." In the beginning, it was soooo much better than it is now. There was no corporate influence, just a bunch of guys who wanted a better search engine. Greed eventually corrupts all things.

Orilla 2 year s ago

All of the great flash animation/game sites like newgrounds, weebl's stuff and homestar runner. These might all still exist, but were around to entertain us long before youtube.

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Janie 2 year s ago

#13 What you say?!

Brady 2 year s ago

Janie,

Make your time!

Arthusa 2 year s ago

Got my first computer in '85. No big businesses, no jurisdiction, just pure anarchy.

A common saying was "97% of the people online are guys. They other 3%.. are lying."
I am female. Fun times, fun times.

Norbert 2 year s ago

I still live by the recommendation of the last post, but I would say it like don't share ANY real personal information on the internet.

“Dedicated Internet forums for specific things instead of a subreddit. They were like mini communities and if you spent enough time on them. You went there for the community rather than the actual subject matter.

I know forums sort of still exist but they’re nowhere near what they were. I spent/wasted some great times on forums for niche games, and I didn’t even game much.”