I actually kinda miss the days of internet screamers (what we called jumpscares back then). Back when people just made stuff on the internet for shits and giggles. Granted the ghost car video is part of an ad series, but most screamers were just homemade videos or flash.
It was a time with a lot of “you’re the 10th million visitor to this website, you’re a winner” and “this is how to get a bigger dick” popups, and no adblockers.
People always pine for the “good old days” without realising they’re just remembering (or imagining) things with a huge bias.
So you actually built yourself personal adblockers in 1994…?
“The internet was better in 1994, and I’m definitely not affected by nostalgia.”
Oh cmon. That’s peak nostalgia with no care to the realities.
The average person wouldn’t last 3 minutes using a 14kbit modem trying to load some text based site which has a few hundred users.
What you’re trying to do is basically the “I was there 3000 years ago” meme.
But I too, was there when it waa written.
And it definitely wasn’t better.
Also you’re on the fediverse complaining about this. The very idea already disproves your “walled garden” argument.
Not to mention the tor boards and telegram groups etc, which are definitely used at least as much as the internet was in 1994. Being on forums back then was probably more niche than having some combat footage and drug selling telegram groups. Groups where people aren’t censored or limited while also having the tech and connection speed to instantly share high definition video from all around the world. Wirelessly.
If you managed to actually film something miraculous in 1994, or irrefutable evidence of some criminal activity by the police for example, where would you share it? You’d have to either make physical copies and hope the pirating network can get it out somewhere, as tv stations won’t be showing your thing. It’s not practical trying to actually share the video online in any shape or form. So you’d end up writing about it, hoping someone would believe your fantastical claims.
Which wouldn’t happen.
No, the internet was not better 30 years ago. Guess you can feel like it’s worse today if you use it like a b451c 81tch
I actually kinda miss the days of internet screamers (what we called jumpscares back then). Back when people just made stuff on the internet for shits and giggles. Granted the ghost car video is part of an ad series, but most screamers were just homemade videos or flash.
As opposed to?
For likes, subs, your personal data, or advertising eyeball time?
It was a time with a lot of “you’re the 10th million visitor to this website, you’re a winner” and “this is how to get a bigger dick” popups, and no adblockers.
People always pine for the “good old days” without realising they’re just remembering (or imagining) things with a huge bias.
Yeah if you were a n3wb bitxh and not a 1337 h4x0r like me.
The internet was better 25-30 years ago. No rose glasses needed. It was the wild west, and now we’re just hopping from walled garden to walled garden.
So you actually built yourself personal adblockers in 1994…?
“The internet was better in 1994, and I’m definitely not affected by nostalgia.”
Oh cmon. That’s peak nostalgia with no care to the realities.
The average person wouldn’t last 3 minutes using a 14kbit modem trying to load some text based site which has a few hundred users.
What you’re trying to do is basically the “I was there 3000 years ago” meme.
But I too, was there when it waa written.
And it definitely wasn’t better.
Also you’re on the fediverse complaining about this. The very idea already disproves your “walled garden” argument.
Not to mention the tor boards and telegram groups etc, which are definitely used at least as much as the internet was in 1994. Being on forums back then was probably more niche than having some combat footage and drug selling telegram groups. Groups where people aren’t censored or limited while also having the tech and connection speed to instantly share high definition video from all around the world. Wirelessly.
If you managed to actually film something miraculous in 1994, or irrefutable evidence of some criminal activity by the police for example, where would you share it? You’d have to either make physical copies and hope the pirating network can get it out somewhere, as tv stations won’t be showing your thing. It’s not practical trying to actually share the video online in any shape or form. So you’d end up writing about it, hoping someone would believe your fantastical claims.
Which wouldn’t happen.
No, the internet was not better 30 years ago. Guess you can feel like it’s worse today if you use it like a b451c 81tch
Go post a Xanga about it