Was the internet truly better 17 years ago? (2007)

[AOL]

Well, what do you think?

 

[FaceandBBC]

Everything about life was enjoyable 17 years ago.

 

[Scarface756]

It was smaller but it still had similar fuckery.

I remember the "Leave Britney Alone" meme completely taking over the Internet back then.

 

[emo]

I was born on that year but probably not, I wonder if people called each other faggots and shit like how they do now

 

[vermillioncorefan]

that’s not 17 years ago bud

 

[Trilogy]

Peak internet was 2019

 

[SecularIslamist]

I'm old enough to remember. The internet wasnt as central to people's lives as it is now. Also smartphones - didn't exist. iPhones just released but didn't really take off until a few years later. People barely had camera phones never mind phones capable of browsing the internet. Most of the internet wasn't even phone-friendly if you did have a browser on your phone.

YouTube wasn't really popular. Or using the internet to watch videos at all. Facebook barely existed. People were on bebo and MSN (basically chat). It wasn't better, it was worse. But when it was worse, society was better off.

 

[SubSigma]

Yes/no. Less normies, but shit was excruciatingly slow. Like medieval torture level slow

 

[ElTruecel]

I was born on that year but probably not, I wonder if people called each other faggots and shit like how they do now

Obviously in fact they did it way more frequently

 

[autistic_tendencies]

Email was a big thing