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Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore (www.newyorker.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

I miss the days of NewGrounds, Miniclip, and Kongregate.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I miss Flash games on browsers. Limewire. YouTube before influencers.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I miss the joy of StumbleUpon back when the web was exciting and unique.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thankfully we can still enjoy the flash games online at least. http://www.flashgamearchive.com/

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Thank you, but it wasn't the games themselves. It was the people I shared that time with.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

I think that’s when the Internet started going to shit. When people started using it for shameless self-promotion. I miss MySpace, and GeoCities.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I miss the SomethingAwful forums from 2004

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Ah, fuck I miss the goons, too. I still log in every couple of years or so. It's sort of like walking down a street you used to live on. It's all still familiar, but nothing is really the same.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I have a CD somewhere that I burned a few miniclip games onto. Also the combo number 5, which did NOT age well. (And was kinda unacceptable when it was new)