ProviderJul 25, 2023

How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it?

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How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? - Feddit

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

Show threadbstixJul 25, 2023
I miss written tutorials. I hate how every tutorial is a YouTube now. I don’t want to watch 15 minutes and forget to pay attention for the second that has the detail that I am missing or it just doesn’t show. Even short tutorials are 3 minutes when it could have been a ten second read. I want to skim a page and go directly to the point. Has writing really become that hard to do?
Show threadDarthYoshiBoy
1996 is on the latter end of what I consider the early internet, but I really miss the Video Game FAQ Archive (GameFAQs) which was murdered by a thousand cuts culminating in the death of the gamefaqs.com domain. FAQs used to be so good, these days the same information is dispersed over 50 pages of an HTML "guide" that is more ads than information, and often for less complete information, if it's not just a YouTube video that's even worse and shows you things but doesn't explain them at all.
Jul 25, 2023 at 7:59pmWeb
Show threadbrandonJul 26, 2023
@DarthYoshiBoy Man, that just activated a core memory or something. I used to check GameFAQs daily, if only to vote in the poll. Some of those walkthroughs and guides opened completely new doors for me as a kid.