I remember the early days of the web -at least early in the sense that access was becoming commonplace. I guess 1995 or ‘96, I’m thinking of. It was the wild west in those days. Unsophisticated, unregulated, new, and exciting. I never would have thought it would turn in to such a dumpster fire a mere 25 years later.
It's damn depressing. Those early days of the net were amazing. There were always political differences, but the whole of the Internet carried a strong individualist and libertarian tone. And no matter if you were a leftwinger or a rightwinger, you believed in freedom of speech and expression.
Amazing how fast things have changed. Now the Internet has become the quickest and easiest way for the authoritarians to clamp down on dissent.
the whole of the Internet carried a strong individualist and libertarian tone. And no matter if you were a leftwinger or a rightwinger, you believed in freedom of speech and expression.
I think this is what I miss most about the Internet as I experienced it growing up in the 2000s and to a much lesser extent the early 2010s. There were tons and tons of people who thought like this back then. Where did they all go???
Depressing in its own right, ain't it? I miss the days of rolling through parent folders behind websites for goodies and making html AOL profiles and finding obscure dark ambient music sites... I can still do some of it, sure, but it doesn't feel the same.
I remember the early days of the web -at least early in the sense that access was becoming commonplace. I guess 1995 or ‘96, I’m thinking of. It was the wild west in those days. Unsophisticated, unregulated, new, and exciting. I never would have thought it would turn in to such a dumpster fire a mere 25 years later.
Corporatization and social media really sucked all the fun out of the internet didn't it?
It's almost as if wilderness preservation is important or something, even in the digital realm.
User friendliness was the real culprit.
Exactly how the corpse of Steve Jobs continues to shamble along.
I thought the internet would get even freer.
HAH
It was good right up until iPhones made the internet too accessible.
It's damn depressing. Those early days of the net were amazing. There were always political differences, but the whole of the Internet carried a strong individualist and libertarian tone. And no matter if you were a leftwinger or a rightwinger, you believed in freedom of speech and expression.
Amazing how fast things have changed. Now the Internet has become the quickest and easiest way for the authoritarians to clamp down on dissent.
I think this is what I miss most about the Internet as I experienced it growing up in the 2000s and to a much lesser extent the early 2010s. There were tons and tons of people who thought like this back then. Where did they all go???
Depressing in its own right, ain't it? I miss the days of rolling through parent folders behind websites for goodies and making html AOL profiles and finding obscure dark ambient music sites... I can still do some of it, sure, but it doesn't feel the same.