The old internet is still out there, you just have to find it.
Comment on AOL’s dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era
TwinTitans@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I’d rather go back to using the internet that dial up was used for than this high speed cesspool we have now.
whereyaaat@lemmings.world 7 hours ago
Psythik@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Nah, I don’t miss forums and chat rooms enough to go back to those days again. I need my comments to be sorted by uovote count to preserve my sanity. I can’t go back.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
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kibiz0r@midwest.social 9 hours ago
Idk.
It was hard to find things even with a search engine, and it was full of scams and spyware, and obnoxious designs that got in the way of the real content, and the most popular chat rooms were run by power-tripping nerds with too much free time and an endless interest in CSAM and Nazi ideology.
Not like today, where… uh… well…
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
I never had too much trouble finding my way around, and it was the real wild West. You could find all kinds of cool shit. Could just visit Jon Does website with a list of game roms and download them with no bs.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I’ll never forget the feeling of finding a really good webring and surfing all night.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
Web rings were awesome
Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Watch out for the Goatse though