Comradeship // Freechat

2159 readers

8 users here now

Talk about whatever, respecting the rules established by Lemmygrad. Failing to comply with the rules will grant you a few warnings, insisting on breaking them will grant you a beautiful shiny banwall.

A community for comrades to chat and talk about whatever doesn't fit other communities

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

2000s/Early 2010s web culture was (mostly) better (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

31 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I am definitely not the only person who thinks that. There are many people who share similar sentiments, maybe even including you, dear reader.

Nostalgia is a very common feeling, just look at how many Russians want the USSR back! Having been born in 2005, I pretty much grew up with the internet going mainstream, with YouTube being created the same year I was born.

Back when it was new, it was mainly used by hobbyists that wanted to show off ~~pirated anime episodes~~ cool and/or funny things they made for fun. (Forgive me if this just sounds like a rose-tinted petty bourgeois fantasy.)

Then you know what happened next. Like so many fun stuff under capitalism, like JoeMarx has mentioned recently with video games, the internet was commodified and made into a dumbed-down addictive tool for instant gratification, all for profit.

EDIT: I am referring specifically to web culture, not the actual technology of the internet.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was born a bit before you and remember everything before the internet. In ways it was worse before. I have to wonder what you think we don't have now that we did before? We can make telephone calls on the internet now! And see the other person! By the internet I think you mean maybe web culture? We have FOSS and Lemmy now. Although yes there seems to be fewer hobbyists around. There was a golden age of hacking proprietary devices that seems to have died down. I miss more custom firmware.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You are correct, I am actually referring to web culture. Thank you for pointing that out, I will correct my post.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I don't mean to be a dick about it, just trying to keep make it clearer for us all.