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How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? (tim.kicker.dev)

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Wanted to ask you about this article, how do you remember the early days of the internet (I was sadly too young at that time). Do you wish it back? And do you think it can ever be like that again? I would be very interested

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[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There was this one program I used a lot back in the day; I'm pretty sure it was called Virtual Places.

Basically it was a browser that turned any web page into a chat room, and you could chat with anybody browsing the same page. Everybody would have these little square avatars; mine was an eyeball. And you could get a bunch of people on this little "bus" that somebody could "drive" and all move to a different web site together.

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh. My god. Why did I never know about that. That would have been incredible. I feel honestly robbed now T_T

[–] Pechente@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That shouldn’t be too hard to recreate. Maybe somebody already made it

[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's one of those things that makes me wish I knew more than 'hello world' level coding; I would love to resurrect this.

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly for something like that asking ChatGPT would get you at least a quarter of the way there. And besides, starting a project is the best way to learn a new skill.

[–] ssk227@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that sounds like a lot of fun, reminds me a bit of the online world in the Megaman Battle Network series. always loved the idea of a virtual "3rd place" if you will.

[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

That's really what it was like.

Nowadays it would be overrun with bots, though, I bet.