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What do you miss from the old internet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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i think we need Cracked-style articles back. desperately. or like, a guy doing a weird thing and writing a piece on it. sites like those are declining faster than the glaciers.

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[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

I've been using the internet since the mid 90's but never really saw the appeal of forums, but maybe I never had something I was "into" that warranted being on a forum a lot. My only usage was support forums and I always found them annoying to use.

I personally see sites like Reddit & Lemmy as the natural evolution of forums. You still have the concept of a topic (subreddit / community) where people can make posts, but the comments are displayed in a better format.

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