Riley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoWhy the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymorewww.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkWhy the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymorewww.newyorker.comRiley@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square41fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareConditionOverload@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·8 months agoI miss Flash games on browsers. Limewire. YouTube before influencers.
minus-square𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶@lemmy.procrastinati.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up35·8 months agoI miss the joy of StumbleUpon back when the web was exciting and unique.
minus-squarerestingboredface@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 months agoWhenever I think of the good old days of the internet (like 2000-2009) I think of using stumbleupon and finding the best and most random stuff.
minus-squareSpot@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-28 months agoIt’s still there but it is not the same. I spent waaay to many hours in weird places thanks to that stumble button. Still regularly go to KOL, which I found there. https://www.stumbleupon.com/ https://www.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?loginid=dbbda548c821441e8833e660bcb4816b
minus-squareDaGeek247@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·8 months agoThankfully we can still enjoy the flash games online at least. http://www.flashgamearchive.com/
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoThank you, but it wasn’t the games themselves. It was the people I shared that time with.
I miss Flash games on browsers. Limewire. YouTube before influencers.
I miss the joy of StumbleUpon back when the web was exciting and unique.
Whenever I think of the good old days of the internet (like 2000-2009) I think of using stumbleupon and finding the best and most random stuff.
It’s still there but it is not the same. I spent waaay to many hours in weird places thanks to that stumble button. Still regularly go to KOL, which I found there.
https://www.stumbleupon.com/ https://www.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?loginid=dbbda548c821441e8833e660bcb4816b
Thankfully we can still enjoy the flash games online at least. http://www.flashgamearchive.com/
Thank you, but it wasn’t the games themselves. It was the people I shared that time with.
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