If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the #web, what is it that you miss?
-
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Molly White on last edited by
@molly0xfff I miss being able to search. Be it Google, or further back into previous eras, searches used to find more than just wiki articles or endless howtos or best of lists plastered with clickbait and malware. That was about 10 years ago I guess.
And you can add to that the loss of people actually seeing the internet in original form rather than filtered and windowed inside Facebook.
Facebook is the Internet now for most... that is the death of the Internet.
-
@molly0xfff personal blogs and RSS.
And by personal I mean the cool blogs that had an extensive article about C++ and then a picture of their dog.
Everything feels a little too professional these days. -
CodeByJeff - Now with AI!replied to Molly White on last edited by
@molly0xfff I think you're talking about stuff like this?
-
@molly0xfff online communities structured around narrow topics with a website that consisted of a homepage, member area, forum and adjacent irc chat.
-
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.replied to Molly White on last edited by
@molly0xfff Proper many-to-many threaded conversations on mailing lists that I could participate in, but also be caught up with at the end of every day.
RSS feed full of webcomics.
... I think that's what I miss, but I'm not sure I'd participate in them anymore. I never did figure out the best way to "sync" my reading "context" with my phone for either.
