Why do you miss "the old internet"?

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To clarify, I don't hate new stuff, I LOVE FLASH GAMES (although they're dead now D:)
I just wish I had a little bit of what I love about the old internet
Learn to appreciate new things, seeing how we are doing, they will surely be replaced tomorrow.

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I get you. Seriously, that special something, that SPARK is gone. I often watch old videos and consume media from that time because I feel nostalgic, but because of how things have changed, even that doen´t feel the same anymore.
But it´s better than most of the stuff being published today. I think it´s reallyy because of mainstream media. No offense, but those who used to mock the "weird kids" who liked the odd sides of he internet at the tme, are now all over on said sides of the internet.
Some shows or games sudddenly become popular, than are forgotten quick because people are starting to just follow trends and not actually engage in smth much.
Creators are also more focused on attracting those consumers, mass producing garbage.
And the development of humor also plays into this, I think. I´m not that nig of a fan of it. Back then (I sound like a elderly person =w=) kids used to read/write fanfics with passion, engaging with their small but dedicated group, now it´s all over the place. And stuff like skibidi toilet or smth really bothers me too. Like, what is that, pls...

Anyway, sorry thst my comment is so long... It´s just nice to see people feel similar

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i was a little kid pretending to be a teenager online during the old internet era lol (2009-2013 i would say). even though i was in a third world muslim country, i got introduced to the rest of the world, especially american culture. i made friends from all over the world. the internet allowed a lot more self-expression back then. the social aspect of the internet was something new and exciting. everything was new and exciting.
i have a deep nostalgia for that time.

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Flash games (and Java games) ruled! RIP
Literally entire worlds were destroyed when they decommissioned Flash.

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For me it's probably how much more self expression you were capable of if you wanted to, you could obviously still just have your account be a pofile picture and a bio. But you could also do whatever people do here, directly edit some of the HTML in the web page of your account, add images or gifs wherever. Also, just the fact that having your own personal website was a relatively normal thing.

I guess a part of it is also the lack of monetization, a lot of the old internet was not trying to squeeze every adverisement into wherever to make as much profit as possible.

So i guess it's just kind of the whole vibe. But then again that vibe was probably somewhat created from the whole thing not being entirely accessible. You HAD to actually know your stuff to even use the internet.

I think thats about it.

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