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How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? (tim.kicker.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by Provider@feddit.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Wanted to ask you about this article, how do you remember the early days of the internet (I was sadly too young at that time). Do you wish it back? And do you think it can ever be like that again? I would be very interested

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[–] bstix 3685 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (438 children)

I miss written tutorials. I hate how every tutorial is a YouTube now. I don't want to watch 15 minutes and forget to pay attention for the second that has the detail that I am missing or it just doesn't show. Even short tutorials are 3 minutes when it could have been a ten second read. I want to skim a page and go directly to the point. Has writing really become that hard to do?

[–] pelielios@mastodon.social 1 points 2 years ago

@bstix @Provider Facebook murdered the written word by lying to advertisers about engagement with video content. Straight up lying through their teeth.

And now I'm on the point of dropping a number of youtube channels I've subscribed to for YEARS because the algorithm is strong-arming them into pumping out "shorts" and my feed is drowning in 20sec auto-repeating portrait-mode videos. NO!

I want short informational text and loooonnnng droning background video, thanks!

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