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Title: things you miss about the internet pre-normiefication
Post by: Kalahari Inkantation on 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

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Post by: YPrrrr on July 30, 2018, 04:53:36 AM

Username comment sections, not everything run through facebook

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Post by: C.Mongler on July 30, 2018, 05:14:51 AM

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

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Post by: Daddy on July 30, 2018, 11:29:03 AM

Crypto-fascists stayed in their corners of the internet.

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Post by: strongbad on July 30, 2018, 11:31:30 AM

instant messenger

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Post by: Hiro on July 30, 2018, 09:08:00 PM

original content

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Post by: Cosmic Ada on July 30, 2018, 10:57:17 PM

I feel like the internet lost about 90% of its fun. Even the web browsers are mostly the same now.

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Post by: The Hand That Fisted Everyone on July 31, 2018, 02:38:47 AM

flash games

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Post by: strongbad on July 31, 2018, 07:11:51 AM

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Post by: YPrrrr on July 31, 2018, 07:13:51 AM

The aracde

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Post by: strongbad on July 31, 2018, 07:14:55 AM

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

Title: Re: things you miss about the internet pre-normiefication
Post by: YPrrrr on July 31, 2018, 07:20:52 AM

WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE

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Post by: silvertone on July 31, 2018, 08:51:02 AM

Usenet

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