What was the Internet like in the early 2000s?
>>27188153
Underage
Originalio
>>27188471
I'm 18, born in 98. I didn't start to seriously go on the Internet until 2009.
Less scripts in general.
games all of the day
Being able to see someone's picture was a big deal, now people post multiple pictures online and nobody cares, it seems there was less catfishing and people seemed more honest.
I actually was able to meet some people that eventually became irl friends thanks to the internet (it's easier to talk and make a connection with people online, I was never able to irl)
>>27188153
loads of good flash games and animations, no youtube cult of personality cancer. I miss it so much
lot more anonymous, no social media. no one really used pictures of themselves online that often. aol chatrooms, instant messengers. i had so many friends back then, it seemed a lot easier to meet people online for some reason. chatroom roleplay and geocities dbz rpg websites, runescape
>playing quake 2 on 56k against of other people on 56k and everyone getting jealous as fuck when someone with 100 ping joins
>hilariously shitty GeoCities and angelfire sites
>>27188153
flash games and instant messenger all day
>>27188153
I remember this.
That annoying uh oh sound always interrupting my Napster groove.
admit it, you played every single one
>>27189200
Stupid Metalica
>>27189232
and forgot pic because im retarded
Remember Monkey Island and Frogger.
No?
Me either.
>>27188832
18, 97 fag here
same, it feels bad
>>27189259
You will never be a horny teen on ng for the first time ever again
>>27189259
>touch left arm
>slap
>touch right shoulder
>moan
>>27189297
>Frogger.
That was around pre net.
Actual tape cassettes for memory
>>27189259
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggr7_AvbHzo
>>27189329
Yes, yes it was
Do older people and people who used the internet for longer look down on people who didn't start using it much until 2009-2010
I had a super soccer mom, so no computer/internet unless it was for homework and a few videogames. Only was able to get on around 2009 because my dad got a smartphone
Oh yeah!
Beat that!
>>27189007
this
now i am expected to have everything connected to my facebook and i know ill be judged and have almost no friends because of it. im also expected to act like a tough hotshot 24/7 and post interesting things or otherwise im a loser
>>27189416
That's Captain Kirk right there.
Actual Shatner
It was raw, and slow.
Whenever something takes a while to load and I get impatient, I sometimes recall how slow things used to be then think how I would have shit my pants if it was loading at the speed that it currently is at.
>>27188153
chatting on messenger, playing neopets and watching homestar runner. playing flash gamez going to bbs forums where u had to register
html1
chilling with coolkids on myspace
internet was only underageb&s, pasty nerds and hot scene babes
chipmunk videos and mario in like 270p on youtube
>>27189382
yes i do. after 2007. im 24 tho
>>27189416
" and the VIC 20 is never out of date"
Har, har, hard
I was in 3rd grade in The early 2000's and the only thing I used the Internet for was runescape. After my parents kicked me off of runescape I don't think I used the Internet until 8th grade when I got my iPod touch and looked up "big boobs shower" on Google video
>>27189382
Born in 87 and have been using the internet heavily since like '92.
I genuinely miss what it was like before social media really took off.
I just used it for neopets, msn and youtube.
We bought books that had programs written in basic and copied them into our computers. 6 hours later, hit run and it fails. Start checking for errors line by line.
>>27189527
Born 1959
Invented the fucking internet
basically newgrounds.com
>>27188153
Flash games (RIP shockwave), authenticity (what we'd call autism, underage, or edgy now), lots of time investment into your internet persona (profile, avatar, geocities page, etc.), and no IRL personal information getting shared anywhere. Not as comfy as the 90s, commercialism had started to sneak in, and more and more low-tier normies (mainly goths) started infiltrating. Think Invader Zim. If the early 2000s internet had a smell, it would be teenage BO. Video games were big, but not competitive except on a niche scale among turbonerds. Anything multiplayer and 3D was hugely popular. Dial-up faggots (like me) made FPSes hilarious/infuriating by warping around everywhere because games' netcode started assuming you had DSL. Websites started getting bloated and would take 5 minutes to load on 56k, prompting most people to upgrade. Did I mention flash games?
I think that's it.
>>27189613
That's disgusting. Please leave.
>>27189648
Loved geocities!
Remember that little house building loading icon.
My geocities page was fucking awesome!
>>27189471
you describe the golden age, senpai
>>27189687
Yeah right. Fuck off yerself.
>>27189648
>Goths are out
>nu males are in
It hurts.
>>27189706
its spiritual successor is rad as hell, btw
http://www.neocities.org/
>>27189762
Thanks!
Superfluous robot verbiage
>>27189007
>>27189160
89 here
Most accurate posts in this thread
Miss late 90s/early 00s Internet desu
>>27189819
I remember buying the first internet camera. It was black and white, colour was too expensive. We made stop motion animation and Skyped in the 90s before it was an app.
Geocities was pretty powerful. You could make huge web pages with tons of frames and hot spots. You could do anything.
>>27189860
No one really gave a shit about webcams because of how slow internet speeds were.
Fuck off.
Ah, programming in basic.
Memories
>>27189860
>We made stop motion animation and Skyped in the 90s before it was an app
Wait, wat?
bl0x
>>27189945
Some of us did give a shit because we liked trying shit out.
>>27189945
Only newfags couldn't figure out how to use them.
>>27189007
>>27189446
>no one really used pictures of themselves online that often
I never really thought of it like that. My concept of the internet is still that I can go there to be anything I want because nobody knows who I am in the end, but I spend the majority of my time on 4chan and similar sites. I have a facebook, but that's not what I think of as the internet. It's weird to think that someone's concept of the internet doesn't extend far beyond facebook, which I'm sure is the case for many these days.
>>27190018
Facebook is the Internet for moms.
