Wanted to ask you about this article, how do you remember the early days of the internet (I was sadly too young at that time). Do you wish it back? And do you think it can ever be like that again? I would be very interested

  • Hextic
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    341 year ago

    Less centralized than it is now. Miss that.

    Less ads.

    Otoh web design was very childish back then. Peak was Starfield background with bright color text with some animated gifs plastered all over.

    I think I miss most is online gaming where voice chat wasn’t an option. Things were a tad more civilized when you had to type in what you wanted to say. Or just efficient. I actually learned to type fast cuz of this. Plus I can read the shorthand better than understand most people’s accents.