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What was using the internet in the early 2000s like? (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What kind of websites did people visit? Were people friendly?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Broadband internet was a game changer. I spent a lot of time on fark.com and various other message boards. Chatted with friends over AOL instant messages and IRC.

There was a certain video format for Realplayer that seemed to be the extremely popular for a while and it still…. (Buffering)…. Sucked…. (Buffering)…. Ass

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Fark was huge for me back then. Also things like ICQ were the main ways I kept in touch with friends in the pre smart phone times.