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[-] lepthesr@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago

My guess is they grew up with it like that. Us old fuckers privy to the Internet of the 90s and 00s, know what it should be.

[-] Techmaster@lemm.ee 46 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Scrolling marquees, blinking text, background midi music, hit counters, guest books, and web rings?

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 9 months ago

Bring back hit counters

And guest books

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 20 points 9 months ago

And don't forget huge signatures with GIFs and all sorts of crap for your favourite forum.

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 14 points 9 months ago

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.

[-] lepthesr@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Well, it was also simple at the time. I guess growing up with the bs made us hate it, then they got gud, and kids don't care anymore today.

[-] Veticia@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Now you just hit me with nostalgia. Yes, all of it.

[-] dukethorion@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Ah, yes! The days of composing websites in Notepad.

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 5 points 9 months ago

30 is old now?

[-] random65837@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

True, but we're not old.

this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2023
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