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> are going to make the web a lot less fun are going to? It already has. I'm old enough to remember a time when the web wasn't considered a synonym for the I

by jcadam 8y ago

> are going to make the web a lot less fun are going to? It already has. I'm old enough to remember a time when the web wasn't considered a synonym for the Internet, when USENET was actually useful, gopher was a thing, and one could participate in online discourse without constantly walking on eggshells. I want the early 90s Internet back.

jacquesm 8y ago
Less fun than it is today. So even more less fun than it was some time ago...
- jcadam 8y ago
  Yea, that's probably true. Everything gets less fun as time goes on.
- kowdermeister 8y ago
  I experience the opposite. For me the web is 100x better than it was in 2001.
kowdermeister 8y ago
Today is your happy day: http://dmozlive.com/ http://dmozlive.com/
renholder 8y ago
>I want the early 90s Internet back. Here, here! Save for the whole part where we could only connect via dial-up out in Feckall, Nowhere. Could you imagine trying to download the latest Ubuntu ISO, for example, over dial-up?
- 52-6F-62 8y ago
  Haha I've done exactly that because I was from Feckall, Nowhere, Canada. It was nice when they started offering the CD/DVD copies for a donation (or free, if you were a poor kid from Feckall...) There used to be so many fights over the phone line in those days... it shouldn't make me nostalgic but it does a little.
buboard 8y ago
I blame phones. Without a desktop pc, people no longer run weird servers like Hotline. The internet is limited to whatever the cloud promotes. Reddit is not bad as usenet replacement, certainly better then the alternatives. We dont need to walk on eggshells if we re all a little less argumentative and stop attracting the wrong crowd - i think that point can be improved with our individual contributions. You re not going to get 90s back, no one will, but things aren’t too bad and the web is still more vibrant than all the walled garden asylums. And then some things never change, like the group think of the tech community and its hype cycles

by jcadam 8y ago

jacquesm 8y ago

Less fun than it is today. So even more less fun than it was some time ago...

jcadam 8y ago
Yea, that's probably true. Everything gets less fun as time goes on.
kowdermeister 8y ago
I experience the opposite. For me the web is 100x better than it was in 2001.

kowdermeister 8y ago

Today is your happy day: http://dmozlive.com/ http://dmozlive.com/

renholder 8y ago

>I want the early 90s Internet back. Here, here! Save for the whole part where we could only connect via dial-up out in Feckall, Nowhere. Could you imagine trying to download the latest Ubuntu ISO, for example, over dial-up?

52-6F-62 8y ago
Haha I've done exactly that because I was from Feckall, Nowhere, Canada. It was nice when they started offering the CD/DVD copies for a donation (or free, if you were a poor kid from Feckall...) There used to be so many fights over the phone line in those days... it shouldn't make me nostalgic but it does a little.

buboard 8y ago

I blame phones. Without a desktop pc, people no longer run weird servers like Hotline. The internet is limited to whatever the cloud promotes. Reddit is not bad as usenet replacement, certainly better then the alternatives. We dont need to walk on eggshells if we re all a little less argumentative and stop attracting the wrong crowd - i think that point can be improved with our individual contributions. You re not going to get 90s back, no one will, but things aren’t too bad and the web is still more vibrant than all the walled garden asylums. And then some things never change, like the group think of the tech community and its hype cycles