i know i know enshififiasdition yeah yeah
but … it’s been so long, it brings a tear to me eye… what made the old internet so captivating?
check out this graph as well: https://twitter.com/hexprax/status/1758656167893688556
i know i know enshififiasdition yeah yeah
but … it’s been so long, it brings a tear to me eye… what made the old internet so captivating?
check out this graph as well: https://twitter.com/hexprax/status/1758656167893688556
I feel like it was the shift from having many small, tight-knit communities run by passionate people to having a couple massive, impersonal communities run by corporations.
Like, for example, back in the day I spent all my time on Worm’s Sci Fi Haven. I knew everyone there, and built relationships with people. It was a healthy community run by a guy that really cared about fostering that community.
These days, the closest thing you can really get to that is a subreddit or a Facebook group. Even Lemmy, for all its good points, it’s built to be a massive conglomeration of users - in opposition of the more “insular” communities of the past.
“You’re definitely one of those girls I’ve been talking to in the chatroom.”
-Flight of the Conchords, probably about AOL circa 1994
I remember when I was a kid I used to spent all day modding GTA San Andreas. I will visit GTA Mods , GTA Garage to change , install new textures and new cars the community were greats!
I’m still active on loads of specific fora, not on Facebook or Reddit (which now looks like Facebook, yuck). ‘Yea olde internet’ is still out there, you just need to know where to find those small communities. To be honest, I still prefer the subject specific websites and fora.