• PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    It was great before the dot com bubble burst. Even obscure fan websites had paid advertising. Even for a while after, is was great and still usable mostly because corporations hadn’t yet figured out how to completely monetize the internet.

    Message boards and forums were the extent of online engagement. I miss it.

    • brax@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      4 months ago

      I can’t stand people who use Discord as a support platform… Absolutely nothing comes up in internet searches, and then you have to try to find an old discussion, or ask the same question as 50 other people. It’s dumb.