Well, today I had a fit of nostalgia for the old Internet without algorithms and moderation and I want to ask you, do you remember this? (lemmy.world)

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I mean those weird and gory YouTube videos and stuff with the blackest humor and seas of blood and a real living soul.

I even re-watched some videos, some from archives, some from open access, and it was magical, a little strange of course, but damn alive. Doctor, I want to go back to the past. And the most important thing is that there was no AI.

Does anyone still remember the times of the 2000s and 2010s?

Edit: Oh yeah, can you also send links to some videos or art or even music that you liked before.

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[-] RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 4 points 4 days ago

No, I'm not old enough for that, and anyone else younger than me certainly never will be. I only ever hear of the good old days from posts like these, but from what I gather, at least some of that magic can be found here, which is why I'll never leave this place. "Conventional" social media never appealed to me at all, with all of the "trends" and "influencers" and whatnot. Reddit was what had caught my affection, until the APIpocalypse, which sent me right here. Whatever it was in the past that I didn't get to experience then, I feel like I'm experiencing it now, in one way or another.

[-] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

You know, I remember one quote that said that oxygen intoxicates and makes you free, and freedom is a threat to the ruling boars. Well, let's hope Lemmy sticks around for at least a few more years, because, you know, I'm tired of wearing the mask of a law-abiding citizen and I can't take it anymore.

[-] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Lemmy definitely feels like ye olde internet in a way. So does using linux. I hate what the internet became for the most part.

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