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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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  • 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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