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RE: What Do You Miss About the Internet of the Past? - mothered - 09-05-2021

(09-04-2021, 09:59 PM)d4ggm4sk Wrote: Between the years 2000 to 2008 the internet was totally new and it was like the wild west.
I'd say you'd clearly remember the good ol' dial-up connection, yes?

Terrible speeds and dropping out every few hours or so.

RE: What Do You Miss About the Internet of the Past? - d4ggm4sk - 09-05-2021

(09-05-2021, 03:05 AM)mothered Wrote:
(09-04-2021, 09:59 PM)d4ggm4sk Wrote: Between the years 2000 to 2008 the internet was totally new and it was like the wild west.
I'd say you'd clearly remember the good ol' dial-up connection, yes?

Terrible speeds and dropping out every few hours or so.

oh yes.
weeeennnnnnnnngrgrgrtrgtgrtrgtttssssssssszzzzzz.

RE: What Do You Miss About the Internet of the Past? - Jiggly - 09-05-2021

(09-03-2021, 09:09 PM)Oni Wrote: Before Discord or Skype, Sinisterly had an MSN group. Good memories.

That is seriously old school - Before my time. I feel like a lot of things people say they miss, I was never a part of. There's very little I miss about the "old internet". Except this:

(09-04-2021, 01:18 PM)Party Pete Wrote:
(09-04-2021, 05:07 AM)sunjester Wrote: web rings and the lack of advertising
Any given magazine or newspaper's website is now pretty much unreadable from being encrusted with ads. It annoys me to no end and cannot understand how people put up with it.

THIS. Every time I have to click the stupid cookies button I have a slight aneurism. Brave and adblock may have changed my life. I log onto my PC at work, which has no adblocking or protection (to the point people started getting porn popups) and I feel so dirty. I need to go wash my eyeballs after that.

RE: What Do You Miss About the Internet of the Past? - d4ggm4sk - 09-05-2021

(09-05-2021, 10:28 PM)Jiggly Wrote:
(09-03-2021, 09:09 PM)Oni Wrote: Before Discord or Skype, Sinisterly had an MSN group. Good memories.

That is seriously old school - Before my time. I feel like a lot of things people say they miss, I was never a part of. There's very little I miss about the "old internet". Except this:

(09-04-2021, 01:18 PM)Party Pete Wrote:
(09-04-2021, 05:07 AM)sunjester Wrote: web rings and the lack of advertising
Any given magazine or newspaper's website is now pretty much unreadable from being encrusted with ads. It annoys me to no end and cannot understand how people put up with it.

THIS. Every time I have to click the stupid cookies button I have a slight aneurism. Brave and adblock may have changed my life. I log onto my PC at work, which has no adblocking or protection (to the point people started getting porn popups) and I feel so dirty. I need to go wash my eyeballs after that.

the old internet is one thing Im proud of telling the next generation from my generation.
the free internet, the way it was, will never come back again. it will only be more and more survelliance and restrictions.

RE: What Do You Miss About the Internet of the Past? - Oni - 09-05-2021

One thing I miss was MMOs used to be more social and guides weren't as common. Barrens chat or Varrock Bank in 2005 are great examples. Wikis didn't exist and people used to interact much more.

RE: What Do You Miss About the Internet of the Past? - mothered - 09-06-2021

(09-05-2021, 07:44 PM)d4ggm4sk Wrote:
(09-05-2021, 03:05 AM)mothered Wrote:
(09-04-2021, 09:59 PM)d4ggm4sk Wrote: Between the years 2000 to 2008 the internet was totally new and it was like the wild west.
I'd say you'd clearly remember the good ol' dial-up connection, yes?

Terrible speeds and dropping out every few hours or so.

oh yes.
weeeennnnnnnnngrgrgrtrgtgrtrgtttssssssssszzzzzz.


EDIT: I also enjoyed LimeWire.

Although It was packed with malware, If you knew how to filter malicious content, there were some pretty good software and music releases.

RE: What Do You Miss About the Internet of the Past? - d4ggm4sk - 09-06-2021

(09-06-2021, 03:42 AM)mothered Wrote:
(09-05-2021, 07:44 PM)d4ggm4sk Wrote:
(09-05-2021, 03:05 AM)mothered Wrote: I'd say you'd clearly remember the good ol' dial-up connection, yes?

Terrible speeds and dropping out every few hours or so.

oh yes.
weeeennnnnnnnngrgrgrtrgtgrtrgtttssssssssszzzzzz.


EDIT: I also enjoyed LimeWire.

Although It was packed with malware, If you knew how to filter malicious content, there were some pretty good software and music releases.

hahahahh.

oh yes, I remember the sound exactly the way it sounded.

RE: What Do You Miss About the Internet of the Past? - mothered - 09-06-2021

(09-06-2021, 11:00 AM)d4ggm4sk Wrote:
(09-06-2021, 03:42 AM)mothered Wrote:
(09-05-2021, 07:44 PM)d4ggm4sk Wrote: oh yes.
weeeennnnnnnnngrgrgrtrgtgrtrgtttssssssssszzzzzz.


EDIT: I also enjoyed LimeWire.

Although It was packed with malware, If you knew how to filter malicious content, there were some pretty good software and music releases.

hahahahh.

oh yes, I remember the sound exactly the way it sounded.
Yes, It was so annoying, particularly dialing up during the night when the house was In complete silence.

RE: What Do You Miss About the Internet of the Past? - d4ggm4sk - 09-06-2021

(09-06-2021, 11:53 AM)mothered Wrote:
(09-06-2021, 11:00 AM)d4ggm4sk Wrote:
(09-06-2021, 03:42 AM)mothered Wrote:
EDIT: I also enjoyed LimeWire.

Although It was packed with malware, If you knew how to filter malicious content, there were some pretty good software and music releases.

hahahahh.

oh yes, I remember the sound exactly the way it sounded.
Yes, It was so annoying, particularly dialing up during the night when the house was In complete silence.

and it costed like $1 per second of spent online. xDDD completely ridicolous expensive.

RE: What Do You Miss About the Internet of the Past? - Jiggly - 09-06-2021

(09-05-2021, 11:46 PM)Oni Wrote: One thing I miss was MMOs used to be more social and guides weren't as common. Barrens chat or Varrock Bank in 2005 are great examples. Wikis didn't exist and people used to interact much more.

I suppose that makes sense. I do remember some chat rooms etc for games because there was no other way to find out info or trade.