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When I was a teen, most of my peers were not online and were not interested in being online, and actively derided anyone who even touched a computer without it
by madaxe_again 2y ago
When I was a teen, most of my peers were not online and were not interested in being online, and actively derided anyone who even touched a computer without it being under duress - U.K., mid to late 90’s. A scattered few, usually those with bands, had a MySpace. I can count the geocities sites on one hand.
A big part of what the author is lamenting for, and touches upon with his final paragraph, is the Internet of weirdos, before the cool kids and your mother also got online.
It’s gone. September happened. It also still exists, in niches and pockets here and there - but the Wild West days are done.
- xnorswap 2y agoIt's funny how the mind plays tricks with our memories too. I could have sworn myspace was around ~2000/1, but apparently it wasn't founded until 2003.
- johnisgood 2y agoTo be honest, a 2 year difference is not much. I could not tell much between 2016 and 2018, for example.
- illwrks 2y agoBingo, you hit the nail on the head. At that point in time my friend group were skaters and rockers with bands - the internet was a connection to that world that was in short supply in the small town we grew up in.