25 years ago. I remember.
Our parents, 10 years ago “Don’t trust anything you read online!”
Parents, today: “I do my own research online!”
Back in the day when we ran random exes, good times
I am still active in several forums. They are great and have even more of a sense of community them they used to. People talk about the subject and even meet in person around the world.
I also host a forum for a different group. No ads either cause fuck that shit.
I used to wonder why my mom mistrusted online banking so much but looking back at the free programs I downloaded plus limewire it makes sense
Internet absolutely was better 15 years ago. Everything is paywalled now and there’s constant disinformation. Algorithms feed you bullshit and people all post outrage bait to get attention. Not saying that stuff didn’t exist 15 years ago, but it’s absolutely become the dominant experience online.
Hardware has gotten better though!
Hardware has gotten better though!
Can’t even tell cause software has gotten so much worse
