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

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[-] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

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

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 11 months ago
[-] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I do not actually but memory is shite lol

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 11 months ago

A old poster on fark who would post relevant but disturbing images in every thread.

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 4 points 11 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.

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