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[–] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 40 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I miss Flash games on browsers. Limewire. YouTube before influencers.

[–] SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org 35 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I miss the joy of StumbleUpon back when the web was exciting and unique.

[–] restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Whenever I think of the good old days of the internet (like 2000-2009) I think of using stumbleupon and finding the best and most random stuff.

[–] Spot@startrek.website 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's still there but it is not the same. I spent waaay to many hours in weird places thanks to that stumble button. Still regularly go to KOL, which I found there.

https://www.stumbleupon.com/ https://www.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?loginid=dbbda548c821441e8833e660bcb4816b

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thankfully we can still enjoy the flash games online at least. http://www.flashgamearchive.com/

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Thank you, but it wasn't the games themselves. It was the people I shared that time with.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

I think that’s when the Internet started going to shit. When people started using it for shameless self-promotion. I miss MySpace, and GeoCities.