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How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] WhatTheChel@mas.to 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@BioHumanisti @mjgardner @bstix Yes, this! My mind will go off on a tangent so easily if I'm not actually reading. It's so slow that I will start skipping ahead and trying to figure out whether I missed anything. Pure torture! 😂

How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] WhatTheChel@mas.to 1 points 2 years ago

@wyliecoyoteuk @bstix @Provider I'm sure that's true, and I skim right past those. But I'm not even talking just about things I've googled. A lot of people I've followed for information on different topics have started pivoting to video because they say they get more traction, presumably because more people would rather watch than read. I don't know whether that's the right analysis (maybe also just easier for the creator to talk than write?), but something is definitely shifting that direction.

How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] WhatTheChel@mas.to 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

@mjgardner @bstix Oh, there's definitely that! And I rarely watch videos (even when downloaded and sent to me), because I just don't have the patience to sit through what I could read in mere seconds...

How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] WhatTheChel@mas.to 2 points 2 years ago (11 children)

@bstix @Provider This! I'm not sure who is more at fault. Is it that writers don't want to write or that readers don't want to read (causing writers to shift from writing)? Either way it is torture. I'm a fast reader. Videos go at their own agonizing pace. Who thought this was a good idea???