I agree. I remember fondly searching around and discovering so much information and so many communities that were thriving and active but each unique and purposeful. The ads were barely there and if they were they were typify self hosted and directly managed.
The blogs (before the term was really a thing) were so much better. Hell...even the home websites on the universities were great....
IRC was a jungle and if you wanted to have DMs you could share your messenger or AOL....
Man I miss the golden internet. Centralisation ruined the culture of it.....that's what is missing in my opinion. A collection of cultures...now it's Echo chambers and monoculture everywhere. Even the wins kind of suffer because they feel like Reddit in a way.... monotonous
I agree. I remember fondly searching around and discovering so much information and so many communities that were thriving and active but each unique and purposeful. The ads were barely there and if they were they were typify self hosted and directly managed.
The blogs (before the term was really a thing) were so much better. Hell...even the home websites on the universities were great....
IRC was a jungle and if you wanted to have DMs you could share your messenger or AOL....
Man I miss the golden internet. Centralisation ruined the culture of it.....that's what is missing in my opinion. A collection of cultures...now it's Echo chambers and monoculture everywhere. Even the wins kind of suffer because they feel like Reddit in a way.... monotonous
There are users here who openly admit to having used reddit anytime since 2015. Worse, no one bullies them off the internet.