You misunderstand. That was when the Internet was good. No amount of scat or gore or violent cartoons will ever hold a candle to the crushing algorithmic power of modern, corporate social media.
Millennials like us didn’t just grow up with the Internet, the Internet grew up with us too. We got to exploit bleeding edge technology to build the Internet we were using. Gen-Z and Gen Alpha are growing up on a mature but enshittified corporate social media landscape designed to exploit them for profit.
i’m technically old gen z, i got the end of the wild Internet, and beginnings of enshitification, though by the time it was starting i was already off in niche corners of untouched Internet, until those spaces started to die too
I can’t imagine growing up with social media. Probably not good for development.
i grew up during the wild internet days
saw one man one jar, two girls one cup, smile HD, happy tree friends, and incredibly graphic gore when i was at the ripe old age of 12
considering the circumstances i think i turned out fine, well, as fine as a person with empathy can be in this hellscape
You misunderstand. That was when the Internet was good. No amount of scat or gore or violent cartoons will ever hold a candle to the crushing algorithmic power of modern, corporate social media.
Millennials like us didn’t just grow up with the Internet, the Internet grew up with us too. We got to exploit bleeding edge technology to build the Internet we were using. Gen-Z and Gen Alpha are growing up on a mature but enshittified corporate social media landscape designed to exploit them for profit.
i’m technically old gen z, i got the end of the wild Internet, and beginnings of enshitification, though by the time it was starting i was already off in niche corners of untouched Internet, until those spaces started to die too
goatse.cx and Lemon Party
And goatse gave us the ability to laugh at that Micky Mouse clock
And honestly, I was a full on adult when covid hit and I regressed. It’s got to have been awful for kids