Current Events > sigh... I really do miss pre-2010s internet

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HylianFox
04/28/22 4:20:05 PM
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The era of flash animations and labor-of-love fansites and message boards

Nowadays everything is too commercialized and focused on social media and pandering to the lowest common denominator
>_>

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Lordgold666
04/28/22 5:23:08 PM
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Agreed

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SuperSupreme
04/28/22 5:25:13 PM
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Me too, and I totally agree. 2001-2008 in particular was the golden era for me.
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rexcrk
04/29/22 3:22:22 PM
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SuperSupreme posted...
Me too, and I totally agree. 2001-2008 in particular was the golden era for me.


Pretty much


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FL81
04/29/22 3:23:49 PM
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smartphones are mostly to blame

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The X Dawg
04/29/22 3:24:15 PM
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Mhm.
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God_Of_Entirety
04/29/22 3:24:15 PM
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... how old are you brothers?? Lol.

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rexcrk
04/29/22 3:32:44 PM
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God_Of_Entirety posted...
... how old are you brothers?? Lol.


How old are you?


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Questionmarktarius
04/29/22 3:33:51 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/1/3/AAEhCpAADLql.jpg

This shit will not be missed.
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ZeroV2
04/29/22 3:34:24 PM
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Its a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake

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Puglia77
04/29/22 3:34:56 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/1/3/AAEhCpAADLql.jpg

This shit will not be missed.
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Jagr_68
04/29/22 3:35:14 PM
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ebaumsworld
ytmnd
newgrounds
cracked

Innocent times.

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God_Of_Entirety
04/29/22 3:36:17 PM
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rexcrk posted...
How old are you?
30.

Now how old are you brothers?? Lol.

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God_Of_Entirety
04/29/22 3:36:54 PM
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Jagr_68 posted...
ebaumsworld
ytmnd
newgrounds
cracked

Innocent times.
dont forgot rotten

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Time
04/29/22 3:38:58 PM
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I really miss the old google search results. Getting stuff like http://www.differencebetween.net/ and https://askanydifference.com/ suggested to me these days which are like sites with like the whole purpose of getting to the top page of commonly asked questions on google.

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Mr_Mushroom
04/29/22 3:40:54 PM
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my attachment to the Internet has deep roots, perhaps it's time to take a more spore-adic approach

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Questionmarktarius
04/29/22 3:49:13 PM
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obligatory Time Cube
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Zaltera
04/29/22 3:50:07 PM
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picard.ytmnd.com

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AssAssasin69
04/29/22 3:50:13 PM
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Agreed TC

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Gobstoppers12
04/29/22 3:50:21 PM
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Social media and aggregate sites effectively commercialized and monetized human interaction on the global scale.

We can't go back. It's gonna be like this forever, now. We've just gotta get used to it.

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InTheEyesOfFire
04/29/22 3:50:49 PM
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Lordgold666 posted...
Agreed


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Ivynn
04/29/22 3:53:27 PM
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The Wild West days of the internet....we shall not see its like again....

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HellsingOrg
04/29/22 3:54:22 PM
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Yeah internet died around 2008-2009 and its mostly because of Facebook and all the normies and boomers finally coming all online.

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Verdekal
04/29/22 4:37:35 PM
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It was different but I'd hesitate to call it better. It's nice having a lot of good content today.

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darkmaian23
04/30/22 5:36:55 PM
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Time posted...
I really miss the old google search results. Getting stuff like http://www.differencebetween.net/ and https://askanydifference.com/ suggested to me these days which are like sites with like the whole purpose of getting to the top page of commonly asked questions on google.

Google is becoming more and more useless. Most of the top results for specific questions are completely useless, and many are actually gibberish depending on the question.
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Kalavinka
04/30/22 5:39:09 PM
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Modern meme "culture" is an utter pestilence.

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apocalyptic_4
04/30/22 5:41:09 PM
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Yup social media truly changed everything

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God_Of_Entirety
04/30/22 5:49:54 PM
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apocalyptic_4 posted...
Yup social media truly changed everything
yeah, letting normal people being on the web was a mistake.

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TheHoldSteady
04/30/22 5:51:34 PM
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darkmaian23 posted...
Google is becoming more and more useless. Most of the top results for specific questions are completely useless, and many are actually gibberish depending on the question.

Yeah if I need to know something I just add "reddit" to the search query

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apocalyptic_4
04/30/22 6:08:31 PM
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God_Of_Entirety posted...
yeah, letting normal people being on the web was a mistake.

Is that your take away?

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God_Of_Entirety
04/30/22 6:09:56 PM
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apocalyptic_4 posted...
Is that your take away?
Is that yours?

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Ving_Rhames
04/30/22 6:11:47 PM
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https://tehurn.com/tp

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Noumas
04/30/22 6:16:05 PM
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Not really agree.

As someone who has no friends, social media literally offers absolutely nothing for me so the fact that the world revolves around it is super depressing.

The only thing I agree about pre 2010 internet is flash animation, I dont know why they made it defunct its still good. Hell it's better than good, it's good enough
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God_Of_Entirety
04/30/22 6:19:55 PM
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Noumas posted...
As someone who has no friends, social media literally offers absolutely nothing for me so the fact that the world revolves around it is super depressing.
What?

Social media is especially helpful for people with no friends. You can build relationships with literally any type of person in the world.

If you can't make friends in real life nor on social media, this issue lies with you.

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apocalyptic_4
04/30/22 6:31:07 PM
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God_Of_Entirety posted...
Is that yours?

No you certainly took it that way

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Wetterdew
04/30/22 6:42:31 PM
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things have changed a lot and in some ways for the better (like how much more overt homophobia there was on internet communities, and it would often get upheld and sanctioned by the moderators on sites like this. and there was nothing you could do but to watch a swarm of your peers tell you that you don't deserve equal rights)

but yeah there are also a lot of ways that it's gotten worse. invasive data mining and aggressive monetization of everything. proliferation of propaganda on social media. Corporate-kowtowing algorithms that dictate what kinds of content people should be making, so they can't make what they really want to.
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TMOG
04/30/22 6:43:39 PM
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Homestar Runner easter eggs
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Guide
04/30/22 6:45:37 PM
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Newgrounds has so many good games that are increasingly ignored. I can't even recall all the good shit in there. I think Amber Helix was the last new game I played there.

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Trumpo
04/30/22 6:46:50 PM
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Joecartoon, Ebaums and NewGrounds
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TheHoldSteady
04/30/22 7:22:18 PM
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Noumas posted...
Not really agree.

As someone who has no friends, social media literally offers absolutely nothing for me so the fact that the world revolves around it is super depressing.

The only thing I agree about pre 2010 internet is flash animation, I dont know why they made it defunct its still good. Hell it's better than good, it's good enough

Casual gaming moved from flash to mobile and it fucking sucks. Just corporate microtransaction-filled bs. I miss flash games so much.

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Guide
04/30/22 7:31:27 PM
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Flash is defunct because they ran out of ways to keep it from being exploitable on a large scale. Supposedly. html5 earns some side eye tbh

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Deku_Link
04/30/22 8:03:26 PM
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That was the golden age of GameFAQ's for me.

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Laserion
04/30/22 8:06:32 PM
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http://realultimatepower.net/


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Noumas
04/30/22 8:06:32 PM
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Guide posted...
Flash is defunct because they ran out of ways to keep it from being exploitable on a large scale. Supposedly. html5 earns some side eye tbh
What does that mean exploitable?
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DarkRoast
04/30/22 8:09:15 PM
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I remember being on the Sonic adventure chat room on Dreamcast on 9/11.

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KamenRiderBlade
04/30/22 8:09:16 PM
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Social Media is the Internet's greatest mistake.

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_____Cait
04/30/22 8:10:32 PM
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2000-2008 was peak Gamefaqs too.

But i thi k we all loved it because

1) it was mostly people who liked being online, as opposed to now, where everyone is online.

2). It was new. Like, really new and fresh. You could talk to your friend who moved away, when before, you either called on your house phone, or. Didnt.

3) it was more of a wild west. Especially Gamefaqs. Some crazy stuff used to fly that didnt happen today. Like LUe.

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