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Riley 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

www.newyorker.com

Riley 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.
  • @Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    I miss the days of NewGrounds, Miniclip, and Kongregate.

    • ConditionOverload
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      40•1 year ago

      I miss Flash games on browsers. Limewire. YouTube before influencers.

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

        • @restingboredface@sh.itjust.works
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          12•1 year ago

          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.

          • Spot
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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

      • DaGeek247
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        Thankfully we can still enjoy the flash games online at least. http://www.flashgamearchive.com/

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

      • @tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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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.

    • Nomecks
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      I miss the SomethingAwful forums from 2004

      • @Jerkface@lemmy.world
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        Ah, fuck I miss the goons, too. I still log in every couple of years or so. It’s sort of like walking down a street you used to live on. It’s all still familiar, but nothing is really the same.

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      I have a CD somewhere that I burned a few miniclip games onto. Also the combo number 5, which did NOT age well. (And was kinda unacceptable when it was new)

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