ByMatthewPorter

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How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ByMatthewPorter@mastodon.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Dubious_Fart

Visit counters! That was such a big thing for a while.

And does anyone remember web rings?

How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ByMatthewPorter@mastodon.social 3 points 1 year ago

@Dubious_Fart Technically not the internet, most of them… but YES!

Now where did I put that list of FidoNet nodes…

How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ByMatthewPorter@mastodon.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@Provider

So many of these responses about the “early days of the internet” are talking about websites.

Does WWW really count as “the early internet?”

Good grief I’m old.

How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ByMatthewPorter@mastodon.social 4 points 1 year ago

@Provider
I miss Listerv culture. I grew up with mimeographed APA fanzines, and mailing lists were the most pure implementation of that kind of community on the Internet.

Seemed like any interest, no matter how obscure, had a welcoming Listerv community online. If you knew how to find it.

How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] ByMatthewPorter@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

@bstix

I know what you mean. “-site:youtube.com” has become part of a lot of my Google searches.