What do you miss the most about "the internet of old"?

[reila]

I really think my age bracket might've been the last to grow up with SOVL like Flipnote Hatena imo. I remember watching YTPs and like seeing the same 2000s memes and stuff on the DSi. That was meaningful looking back, because it was still our own world and we didn't have to see a lot of the f-ed up stuff that tiktok exposes kids to. My life would've been much different if I had gotten an ipad/tablet instead of a DS...(Although I have such a stubborn refusal to let go of the DS line, even if it makes me stick out a lot as an adult)

(I also really dislike people who call YTP br*inrot because it's not true at all. It feels like betrayal seeing ppl my age call it that, because why tf are you devaluing your own childhood like that? You could never see me badmouth YTP because there were definitely a lot that had effort put into them. And older memes still came from a better place of heart. Anyways ramble over...)

 

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Sometimes I wonder if I'm just crazy... This topic reaching 300 replies makes me feel a little less insane XD

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

I really think my age bracket might've been the last to grow up with SOVL like Flipnote Hatena imo. I remember watching YTPs and like seeing the same 2000s memes and stuff on the DSi. That was meaningful looking back, because it was still our own world and we didn't have to see a lot of the f-ed up stuff that tiktok exposes kids to. My life would've been much different if I had gotten an ipad/tablet instead of a DS...(Although I have such a stubborn refusal to let go of the DS line, even if it makes me stick out a lot as an adult)

(I also really dislike people who call YTP br*inrot because it's not true at all. It feels like betrayal seeing ppl my age call it that, because why tf are you devaluing your own childhood like that? You could never see me badmouth YTP because there were definitely a lot that had effort put into them. And older memes still came from a better place of heart. Anyways ramble over...)

Harold Trotter is a masterpiece. You still see some people putting that kind of effort into a YTP but it happens waaaay less than it used to, either that, or I got way worse at finding them.