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What's something you wish to bring back from the late 90's/early 00's internet? (lemmy.kde.social)

submitted 1 year ago by josephsh98@lemmy.kde.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] throws_lemy@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not all bad, but I miss the sort of "wild west" feeling where nothing on the internet mattered because it wasn't real life.

Well.. We have lemmy and kbin now, without algorithms promoting stupid shit like in social media.

[–] Datas_Cat_Spot@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

It's a weird feeling not being targeted with content and ads. I forgot what it was like.