I miss the weird old web. Handcrafted html. Webrings. View counters. Frames. Works best in Netscape Navigator. Watching pictures download line by line. Java applets. Chat rooms. There were certainly problems, but the whole space felt limitless and fun - not just repackaged corporate, SEO, and ad riddled garbage...
@JessTheUnstill I'm not sure if I miss it. But I do enjoy reminiscing about the memories created in AOL chat rooms, crafting 'cringy AIM away messages and the fast-forwarding to building my first sites on Geocities