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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[-] johannes@lemmy.jhjacobs.nl 11 points 4 days ago

I remember a time when you could 't even watch videos online! The best we had where GIFs if they wheren't too big to fit over our 33k somewhat modem connection with dial-in!

[-] semperverus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Flash videos made painstaking efforts to be very very tiny while also as long as possible. Newgrounds, albinoblacksheep, and animutations all got really big (no pun intended) as a result.

[-] johannes@lemmy.jhjacobs.nl 2 points 4 days ago

OMG flash!! I forgot about that! What a horrible sites we made with shockwave flashplayer 😂

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