Like wtf happened? We used to have greatness:- Forums- No conglomerate social media brainwashing us- A lot less cringe
politics happened
>>93661162Everything got aggregated into a small number of very large, very popular, very heavily censored websites.
>>93661162Eternal september, every time you stick your neck out there are hordes of insane psychopaths and attention seekers coming out of the woodwork to haunt you so everyone gave up
>>93661162mass normie entry
>>93661162normies reallyi still remember the days when you could say the most offensive shit/make offensive memes and people would realize the sarcasm and playalong or just ignore it if they didnt like it,but nowdays you just get banned fir the tamest shit
>>93661162It's the smartphonesMakes it very easy to consume but not create anything
>>93661162>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>A lot less cringe
>>93661249>Eternal septemberhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYkI thought eternal september was an AOL thing?
The requirement of your identity being connected to almost everything has neutered discourse. The early internet thrived on people being able to be unabashed retards
>>93661162we didn't gatekeep women hard enough
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>>93661162Normalfag smartphone zombies. They're basically online whenever they're awake and there's vast hordes of them.
>>93661162the barrier for entry isn't as high as it used to be
>>93661601it never ended hence "eternal"
>>93661601Yes, and it happened again. Back then it was home users entering an internet that was only used by college fags.The population of users changed. The internet is mainstream now and it has the same kind of audience as TV used to have. This is also your average customer at Bestbuy.
>>93661162>Forumsthank you for reminding me that I'm still fucking mad. I am actually seething.so many good communities moved into shitty messengers and turned into a bunch of flooding motherfuckers rapidly spewing choppy small messages (most probably in likeness of their limp dicks)the only good thing about this tragedy is messengers aren't cached so this shameful display won't be preserved. it's also a bad thing for the same reasons which makes me even more mad.
>>93662229knockout.chat?
>>93661162You kept posting frogs instead of OC
>>93662297>can only sign up via Google, Twitter, GitHub or SteamGreat fucking system. What a disgrace.
>>93662373yeah its pretty cancer, you need a phone number just for two of those, and you can get shadow banned too anyway
>>93661162normie internet was always boring you became a normie
Everything is sterilized, social media and an abundance of NPCs/zoomer bots that aren't worth a second of your time.
>>93661162you got older, zoomers are still having fun on tiktok or wherever they hang out
>>93661162https://neocities.org/You're welcome, and yes I'm dead serious. Lots of tranny shit and lots of stupid shit but there's some gems to be found.
>>93661162security shilling.yeah not even joking, people became security paranoids so they just use certified fagman secure services, ignoring everything else. by the way thank you /g/ for brainwashing a generation of iliterate security schizos that fear cookies.
>>93661162You're not 12 anymore
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>>93663497you say this like everyone isn't getting hacked on youtube right now
>>93661839and all thats needed is a wall with a moderate technical barrer that filters the normies out and a userbase that wants to banter and not become famous
discmaster.textfiles.comwiby.me
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>>93661601But AOL is what ruined the internet.
>>93662310/thread
>>93666410>AOLAbsolutely nothing on Facebook and the iPhone, which were Eternal September 11th in comparison.
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>>93661236This. I miss forums, but it's a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Nobody's on forums, so nobody joins, so nobody's on them.Also let's not act like forum mods couldn't be as bad as Reddit jannies, because a lot of the time they were. Plus, now if you made a forum for just shooting the shit, there's a nonzero chance people will try to uproot the entire internet to take your site down (Kiwifarms is an autism containment forum and two different countries have drafted legislation in their national governments while mentioning it by name, all because a handful of weirdos are that powerful).
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>>93661162adtech and politics
>>93661162You don’t gatekeepe enough.
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>>93661162smartphones ruined everything. before smartphones it was better, but then all of a sudden the whole western world was hooked up on fucking phones and they had internet access in every moment of the day wherever they were
Forums still exist
>>93669936where
>>93661439Normies were ok with offensive shit until the mentally ill twitter leftards gained alot of power and voice.
normies are getting fed up with mentally ill twitter leftards
>>93661162What is your website url where you upload original content with your unique style?
>>93663497speaking about the cookies...every single cookie could be exploited to crack the browsers and if you are somewhat knowledgeable it is possible to enter in the root access on the preferred devices which are connected on the internet.Precaution small notification;You didn't heard about that on /g/.
>>93666390>wiby.meWhen nostalgia kicks in.
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>>93666463By then it was already over though.
You grew up
cyberpunk era begins
>>93661162You grew up and started noticing thingsDon't feel pride over being miserable, seek happiness and not just the memory of it
>>93674181>Alegría-themed cyberpunk dystopia instead of a Cyberpunk-themed cyberpunk dystopiaKill me
>>93662002mmm feemt in my mouth
>>93661162I don't know why it happened. But I feel what you're feeling.
>>93661162Internet turned into what TV was; propaganda and advertisement vehicle.
>>93663401Holy sovl
>>93661162>>93661236>>93662229>>93668274>>93677020>>93677140I don't understand why you're so fixated on this idea of "greatness" that supposedly existed in the past. You might be distorting your memories or blowing things out of proportion. Societal changes occur, and while forums had their benefits conglomerate social media platforms offer a broader range of possibilities for connection and information sharing. It seems like you're just being overly sensitive and unable to adapt to the evolving trends, and your inconsistent opinions and complaints make it hard to take your perspective seriously. Perhaps you should reflect on your own susceptibility to the brainwashing effects of social media instead of blaming others for the current state of affairs.
>>93661162>he doesn't know how to Internet in 2023Your perception is the problem, not creation.
>>93678633>t. Federal Agent
Probably all of that "ironic" posting favourably about conglomerates.
AOL started ruining the internet experience. 4chan, reddit and facebook only made it worse.give me unix, mosaic and irc.keep all that other shit.
>>93661162(((Why))) indeed.
>>93661162Forums were tits. I miss them so much. I hope that KiwiFaggots would be a good replacement for the old internet culture but it's not. It's almost the exact opposite of what you could find virtually everywhere back in the day
>>93678633Thank you for writing this post in what might be its millionth incarnation on this website. I always enjoy seeing this exact same post. It is comfortable, familiar posts like this that really enrich the browsing experience for me. Reminds me of the good old days.
>>93661162All the old Internet content and sites were destroyed whilst the modern woke SJW Internet has been archived like crazy. The Internet has been subjugated to a cultural purge.
