things you miss about the internet pre-normiefication

[Kalahari Inkantation]

• being able to use cheeky (((triple parentheses))) without being suspected of antisemitism
• the silent but near ubiquitous expectation of privacy

[YPrrrr]

Username comment sections, not everything run through facebook

[C.Mongler]

kids not posting personal information on the internet because of stranger danger

[Daddy]

Crypto-fascists stayed in their corners of the internet.

[strongbad]

instant messenger

[Hiro]

original content

[Cosmic Ada]

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]

flash games

[strongbad]

flash games

[YPrrrr]

The aracde

[strongbad]

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]

WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE

[silvertone]

Usenet