Even just like 15 years ago the internet was insane. Message boards sucked in a lot of ways and in others were quite good. Also there was clearnet drug sites operating like crazy and were super legit lol
Honestly, I think watching in real time as platforms like Facebook and Twitter grimly foreclosed on the creative and experimental possibilities of the early internet was a large factor in my radicalization.
Such a good point. Myspace had people learning to code with html. Even people who would copy and paste pre-built pages/designs for their myspace could figure out how to edit out or in certain things since html is incredibly accessible to a curious mind.
DO NOT miss the auto-playing music though. Also it sucked major ass when the RIAA decided they're gonna ruin people's pages because they used a 32kbit quadrupled compressed song that sounded like garbage and striked em down.
It is weird. Too young for Gen X culture, too old for stuff like Harry Potter. Growing up alongside the internet, however, was indescribably cool.
Even just like 15 years ago the internet was insane. Message boards sucked in a lot of ways and in others were quite good. Also there was clearnet drug sites operating like crazy and were super legit lol
Honestly, I think watching in real time as platforms like Facebook and Twitter grimly foreclosed on the creative and experimental possibilities of the early internet was a large factor in my radicalization.
Such a good point. Myspace had people learning to code with html. Even people who would copy and paste pre-built pages/designs for their myspace could figure out how to edit out or in certain things since html is incredibly accessible to a curious mind.
DO NOT miss the auto-playing music though. Also it sucked major ass when the RIAA decided they're gonna ruin people's pages because they used a 32kbit quadrupled compressed song that sounded like garbage and striked em down.
I miss forcing people to listen to Evanescence on my neopets shop tbh.
thinking im hardcore cause i headbang alone in my room to linkin park
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lmao myspace was an utter abomination.
Listening to Machinae Supremacy while quoting Mentor's Last Words and Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace.
And being very, very angry about Horse Armor.