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In some ways the 'old' web died around 2006-2007 when Facebook started to get its hooks in. MySpace was a big thing before that, where people curated their own
by djhworld 8y ago
In some ways the 'old' web died around 2006-2007 when Facebook started to get its hooks in.
MySpace was a big thing before that, where people curated their own profiles with custom HTML, then Geocities before that.
When Facbeook came along it felt like a breath of fresh air at the time as the interface was clean and simple, and all your pals were there.
I guess it was one of those "you don't know what you've got til its gone" things, because the sterile Facebook UI and overly corporate Instagram fiefdoms makes me really miss the old internet.
The thing is though, does anyone outside of tech or media really give that much of a crap? All their pals are on Facebook/Instagram, the barrier to entry is low (no need to learn HTML/CSS/JS)
- ungzd 8y agoNow Instagram users have to learn how to optimize posting time and how to cheat algofeed by adding unrelated hashtags and even tuning color scheme in photos. I regularly hear about such things from casual users with 50 subscribers, not SMM workers. It's much harder than knowing <b> and <img> tags. With heavy videoization of social media, they also have to learn video montage and lighting.