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I don't enjoy the Internet any more (btao.org)
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[–] Cherry@piefed.social 114 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (22 children)

I feel like there has been waves of losses.

  • Web 2.0 upgrades made everyone feel like they had to have a shiny polished site. We lost a lot of fun amateurs.

Once apps started getting pushed websites started to get abandoned/empty. everything from shopping to small games. I shouldn't need an app for the coffee shop.

Bots and bad search operators made looking and finding a chore.

Insta killed blogs, suddenly everyone wanted a insta or YT brand rather than a blog/rss

  • Everything became sponsored =- say i wanted to find out how to polish my boots, the first 3 pages and everything everywhere suddenly tries to sell me boots.

This is why i no longer enjoy the internet. I know i sound old man yelling at cloud.

[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (6 children)

You kinda are yelling at the cloud, dude

[–] Toga77@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Just because people remember a measurably better time doesn't mean they're yelling at clouds.

This wasn't even that long ago.

Are you 12?

Edit: I have been regretfully informed that I have in fact, missed the joke lol.

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I regret to inform you that you have missed the joke.

[–] Toga77@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Oh god.

That's hilarious lol.

Thank you internet stranger.

[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Am I 12? Physically - no

[–] Toga77@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

It's ok, as demonstrated by my complete miss of your joke, we all 12 out here sometimes.

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