>no social networks
>mainly forums for specific interests
>no voting on content
>no email requirements for registration
>relatively high barrier of entry
>no great search engines, word of mouth made our broke websites
>no captcha
>no ads
>no tracking
>no real names
Is there anything like the early internet anymore?
>>51804975
IRC and mailing lists come close
imageboards that aren't (4|8)chan
>>51804975
normies ruined the internet t bh
>>51805040
I'm a retard btw
[48]chan
Have any of you used tor/ledarknet extensively? Is there a real community there, or is it just drugs, hitmen, and pizza?
>>51804975
4chan
I miss the days of irc and usenet news. Vhs tape trading on alt.tv.mst3k was the highlight of my life.
>>51805049
>Muh safe place
>>51808040
Safe space you retard
>>51806604
>no voting on content
No longer true.
>relatively high barrier of entry
Hasn't been true since 2007
>no great search engines
Hasn't been true since automatic archives
>word of mouth made our broke websites
Hasn't been true since 2005 or so
>no captcha
Hasn't been true since captchas (obviously)
>no ads
Hasn't been true since almost the beginning
>no tracking
Hasn't been true since captchas, reinforced with 4chan gold (tm)
>>51808165
Please don't be mean, it triggers me
Usenet
what about Ello ?
>>51808442
>>>/shillhq/
You need to be reeducated obviously.
>>51805060
Double retard here, is there a reason you'd prefer [48] over (4|8)? They're both valid regex for matching one of either 4chan or eightchan, right? Is it because of groups?
>>51806604
>there's someone who's lurked /g/ for more than a day that actually believes this plebeian-infested shithole has a high barrier of entry relative to anything
>implying a (You) isn't basically an upvote on this shitty site
