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klu9 to retroNET - Vintage Culture/Websites/[email protected]English • 25 days ago

What the Internet Was Like in 1998

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What the Internet Was Like in 1998

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klu9 to retroNET - Vintage Culture/Websites/[email protected]English • 25 days ago
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It's 1998, the middle of the dot-com boom. Portals are advertising on TV, web developers are fighting browser companies, Microsoft and Amazon are gaining power, and Netscape is going open source.

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  • @[email protected]
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    26•25 days ago

    We had forums with specialists then. Now we have “social media” with trolls and imbeciles.

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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      8•25 days ago

      Kids these days are always playing on my lawn.

      • klu9OP
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        11•25 days ago

        It’s only July but we’re already complaining about Eternal September.

        • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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          3•25 days ago

          I like September it’s warm and the nights are cool.

          • @[email protected]
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            6•25 days ago

            And kids are in school instead of screaming under my window.

          • Øπ3ŕ
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            3•25 days ago

            Like chillwave used to be, before the slop brigade. wistful

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