mapontosevenths
9 hours ago
It was fun while it lasted.
For me the high point was Fark or maybe Homestar and the low point was obviosuly Facebook... or maybe the end of Democracy.
taylorsatula
2 minutes ago
A good friend of mine, god honest truth, met his now-wife on Fark less than three years ago. Sure is somethin.
0xDEAFBEAD
an hour ago
Interesting how internet boosters in the late 90s/early 2000s told us the internet would revitalize democracy by making it so anyone could publish. I'm not aware of a single cynic who successfully predicted how things actually ended up turning out. Nor have I seen much of an attempt to revisit those early predictions.
eimrine
a minute ago
RMS has seen our troubles with non-free software as early as in 80s. What he has not predict that the software has find even more cruel way of shipping - disservices which do not even allow the freedom 0.
BTW the statement about democracy is not a lie - everyone knows some big and small revolutions happened after someone's post in social networks. Also such things as anonymous news sources, torrents and bitcoin has democraticized a whole lot of things in our lives.
neonroku
an hour ago
Earth by David Brin and Ender’s Game made some predictions in this area
Loughla
3 hours ago
Fark and cracked in about 2007 were peak post development, profit motivated Internet. Homestar runner and albino black sheep (shout out to flashback for many fun dmt experiences) in about 2004 was peak fun Internet.
abruzzi
an hour ago
The high point was the original useless pages (especially the uselessness of pi.) Its been downhill since then.