>>9339592More mid 2000s here but....
More diverse, active, uncensored forums
Less giant faggots
No propaganda
Better porn
No twitter
No Facebook
Barely any normies
No filtered photos of people
People were far easier to talk to (as in flirting, dating etc)
YouTube was raw af
Viral stuff was organically viral, not just corporate boomer memes.
The main issue today is the internet is to ‘normal’ it’s everywhere you go, back then you had to get your laptop out/go to computer and it was exciting that you were ‘going on the internet’.
I think it was still good up until around 2012, online gaming was good and most of the stuff I enjoyed about the internet as a kid still existed. Having iPhones didn’t really affect it cos it was still a bit shit due to small screen etc, so you still went to your laptop/pc.
So yeah, I think 2012 was peak as it was a good compromise between both worlds.
