Riley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoWhy the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymorewww.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkWhy the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymorewww.newyorker.comRiley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareConditionOverload@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·7 months agoI miss Flash games on browsers. Limewire. YouTube before influencers.
minus-square𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶@lemmy.procrastinati.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up34·7 months agoI miss the joy of StumbleUpon back when the web was exciting and unique.
minus-squarerestingboredface@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoWhenever 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.
minus-squareDaGeek247@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·7 months agoThankfully we can still enjoy the flash games online at least. http://www.flashgamearchive.com/
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 months agoThank you, but it wasn’t the games themselves. It was the people I shared that time with.
minus-squaretsonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoI think that’s when the Internet started going to shit. When people started using it for shameless self-promotion. I miss MySpace, and GeoCities.
I miss Flash games on browsers. Limewire. YouTube before influencers.
I miss the joy of StumbleUpon back when the web was exciting and unique.
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.
Thankfully we can still enjoy the flash games online at least. http://www.flashgamearchive.com/
Thank you, but it wasn’t the games themselves. It was the people I shared that time with.
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.