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ugh, i think it is time to scrap the internet. everything is being corrupted to the extend there is no point imo

kypro 8y ago
I really miss the web from 10 years ago. It felt so liberating back then. Everything felt so open and genuine. I made so many friends in the early days of the internet. I don't even know how, forums, MSN messengers, games. You'd just add people and talk to them for hours. Now the internet today seems to be mostly ads, corporate corruption, government censorship, and political outrage. It's a shame. I don't enjoy the internet half as much anymore. Maybe it's more my age or that I'm used to the technology now, but it really feels like we lost something innocent and special about the early days of the internet.
- oblio 8y ago
  Were you a kid back then?
- Twirrim 8y ago
  Those are some nice rose-tinted glasses you're wearing. The internet has been kind of a shit show since before the world wide web was even a thing.
- binxbolling 8y ago
  2008 as the golden age of the web...?!!
- maze-le 8y ago
  I don't know how old you are, but my bet is: its an age thing. Actually I miss the web from 1999-2004 for the exact same reasons you do, and 2008 was already way downhill for me. But when I think about it a bit more carefully... How old was I at the time? 14-19... An age where almost everything is exciting and new: music, parties, friends, philosophy, technology you name it. I can easily apply this sentiment to most categories of interest during this time period. I wonder if in 15 years from now, the people around 30 will rumble about how wonderful it was back then, when it was all the rage to be on Instagram etc. and how easy it was to connect to people, and how quickly you could organize events via social media.
  - stallmanite 8y ago
    To add more anecdotes to the fire I definitely find myself pining for the 97-2000 days. Slashdot, goofy Geocities pages, good times.
sp332 8y ago
Don't despair, the web is being reinvented all the time. The Decentralized Web Summit is going on right now, for example. http://www.decentralizedweb.net/ http://www.decentralizedweb.net/
- stonogo 8y ago
  The total self-unawareness of having a physical summit to discuss decentralization is painfully humorous. The fact that it's in San Francisco is icing on the cake.
  - Dylan16807 8y ago
    What a lazy dismissal.
swiley 8y ago
At least it's not corporations that are corrupting wikipedia like everything else.
- wavefunction 8y ago
  Your comment may have been tongue-in-cheek? https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/technology/19iht-wiki.1.7167084.html https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/technology/19iht-wiki.1.7...

I really miss the web from 10 years ago. It felt so liberating back then. Everything felt so open and genuine. I made so many friends in the early days of the internet. I don't even know how, forums, MSN messengers, games. You'd just add people and talk to them for hours. Now the internet today seems to be mostly ads, corporate corruption, government censorship, and political outrage. It's a shame. I don't enjoy the internet half as much anymore. Maybe it's more my age or that I'm used to the technology now, but it really feels like we lost something innocent and special about the early days of the internet.

oblio 8y ago
Were you a kid back then?
Twirrim 8y ago
Those are some nice rose-tinted glasses you're wearing. The internet has been kind of a shit show since before the world wide web was even a thing.
binxbolling 8y ago
2008 as the golden age of the web...?!!
maze-le 8y ago
I don't know how old you are, but my bet is: its an age thing. Actually I miss the web from 1999-2004 for the exact same reasons you do, and 2008 was already way downhill for me. But when I think about it a bit more carefully... How old was I at the time? 14-19... An age where almost everything is exciting and new: music, parties, friends, philosophy, technology you name it. I can easily apply this sentiment to most categories of interest during this time period. I wonder if in 15 years from now, the people around 30 will rumble about how wonderful it was back then, when it was all the rage to be on Instagram etc. and how easy it was to connect to people, and how quickly you could organize events via social media.
- stallmanite 8y ago
  To add more anecdotes to the fire I definitely find myself pining for the 97-2000 days. Slashdot, goofy Geocities pages, good times.

sp332 8y ago

Don't despair, the web is being reinvented all the time. The Decentralized Web Summit is going on right now, for example. http://www.decentralizedweb.net/ http://www.decentralizedweb.net/

stonogo 8y ago
The total self-unawareness of having a physical summit to discuss decentralization is painfully humorous. The fact that it's in San Francisco is icing on the cake.
- Dylan16807 8y ago
  What a lazy dismissal.

swiley 8y ago

At least it's not corporations that are corrupting wikipedia like everything else.

wavefunction 8y ago
Your comment may have been tongue-in-cheek? https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/technology/19iht-wiki.1.7167084.html https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/technology/19iht-wiki.1.7...