Oldstrags, is this true?

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The internet was fricking awesome back then but I'm unsure how widespread it was. Felt like Facebook is when it really got normified. Whats weird is that the internet userbase was so much small but it really did feel bigger as a whole.

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Having a smaller overall population necessitated more compromise when it came to who was part of your group, so there was more diversity in each chat room, BBS, forum, whathaveyou. Now the population is large and mainstream enough to support extremely niche echo chambers, so while you may see 10x the number or usernames, there's only like 4 or 5 common personality archetypes per group so everything seems smaller.


The time has come for the Necromaster. The unleashing of the fourth joker's card. The arrival of The Great Milenko

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There was less aggregation. There was a time where it was a different forum for each of your different interests, then it just became everything on reddit.

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>tfw no bookmark folder with 100+ links you check daily

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Facebook and proliferation of smartphones (specifically iPhone) were the beginning of the end.

Once companies realized how many more eyeballs they can advertise to, it was over.

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It was smartphones and cheap data plans, not Facebook.

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Plug and play always on internet. When you longer needed to know config.sys or how to use a TCP/IP dialer to get online things could never be the same


The time has come for the Necromaster. The unleashing of the fourth joker's card. The arrival of The Great Milenko

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