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things you miss about the internet pre-normiefication

Started by Kalahari Inkantation, July 30, 2018, 04:01:47 AM

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Kalahari Inkantation

July 30, 2018, 04:01:47 AM
  • being able to use cheeky (((triple parentheses))) without being suspected of antisemitism
  • the silent but near ubiquitous expectation of privacy

YPrrrr

July 30, 2018, 04:53:36 AM #1
Username comment sections, not everything run through facebook

C.Mongler

July 30, 2018, 05:14:51 AM #2
kids not posting personal information on the internet because of stranger danger

Daddy

July 30, 2018, 11:29:03 AM #3
Crypto-fascists stayed in their corners of the internet.

strongbad

July 30, 2018, 11:31:30 AM #4
instant messenger

Hiro

July 30, 2018, 09:08:00 PM #5
original content

Cosmic Ada

July 30, 2018, 10:57:17 PM #6
I feel like the internet lost about 90% of its fun. Even the web browsers are mostly the same now.

The Hand That Fisted Everyone

July 31, 2018, 02:38:47 AM #7
flash games

strongbad

July 31, 2018, 07:11:51 AM #8

YPrrrr

July 31, 2018, 07:13:51 AM #9
The aracde

strongbad

July 31, 2018, 07:14:55 AM #10
also, knowing genuinely more about the internet and computers than teachers in school

it was so fun learning how to bypass the school's web filters, and the school's attempts at explaining technology (don't trust a .com, trust a .org UNLESS ITS WIKIPEDIA) were comical

YPrrrr

July 31, 2018, 07:20:52 AM #11
WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE

silvertone

July 31, 2018, 08:51:02 AM #12
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