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Riley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore

www.newyorker.com

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Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore

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Riley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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The social-media Web as we knew it, a place where we consumed the posts of our fellow-humans and posted in return, appears to be over.
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    I miss Flash games on browsers. Limewire. YouTube before influencers.

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      I miss the joy of StumbleUpon back when the web was exciting and unique.

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        Whenever I think of the good old days of the internet (like 2000-2009) I think of using stumbleupon and finding the best and most random stuff.

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          It’s still there but it is not the same. I spent waaay to many hours in weird places thanks to that stumble button. Still regularly go to KOL, which I found there.

          https://www.stumbleupon.com/ https://www.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?loginid=dbbda548c821441e8833e660bcb4816b

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      Thankfully we can still enjoy the flash games online at least. http://www.flashgamearchive.com/

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        Thank you, but it wasn’t the games themselves. It was the people I shared that time with.

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      I think that’s when the Internet started going to shit. When people started using it for shameless self-promotion. I miss MySpace, and GeoCities.

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