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i think we need Cracked-style articles back. desperately. or like, a guy doing a weird thing and writing a piece on it. sites like those are declining faster than the glaciers.

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[–] soar160@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I spent hours on the Star Wars webring. Practiced jedi meditation, was convinced I could move stuff with my mind, and learned all about Kashyyyk.

[–] RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Pop Up Blockers.

It's 2024 and popup ads are everywhere despite being legislated away in the early 00's.

Fuck ads, and fuck pop up ads more.

[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Almost everything except the fact that it was dominated by one language, from a culture with an emphasis of computers being an interest that was unnecessarily gendered, and that the internet nd the tools used to create it were only accessible to the wealthiest able-bodied people from a specific demographic due to systemic inequity. And the speed. I don't miss the slow speeds.

Just about everything else about the early internet was better than today by huge margins. Imagine being able to search for a niche topic and not turning up thousands of seo-optimized paid-advertizing affiliate-link-program ai-generated tangentially-relatedish user-tracking sales links. Sure, there were times you found nothing, and it was ugly, but that was better than wasting time sorting through total shit.

Edited to add nostalgia: video of The Simpson's comic book guy attempting to view naked Captain Janeway from Star Trek

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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago
[–] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago
[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Avatar makers used to be extremely ubiquitous, now there's only the ones from Gaia and Solia.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)
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[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

People understanding the horrible sound I consistently make in public

[–] bestusername@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I miss ICQ and all the security holes it opened.

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