How deliciously ironic that this is paywalled.
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Because it’s run by companies and not people like before. Because the original internet community grew and they prefer being in family and outside.
I miss the days of NewGrounds, Miniclip, and Kongregate.
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"Why the internet isn't fun anymore" - proceeds to talk about Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok.
Completely fails to mention any fediverse sites, or any of the millions of other sites out there.
If you're the author, the internet isn't fun anymore because you don't use it. You visit the corporate websites only. You either never learned how to use the internet, or you're not interested in actually trying.
Its like the person who never leaves their neighborhood and complains that life is boring.
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The internet I grew up with and loved couldn't survive having the whole population on it. It became about making money off the userbase, political manipulation, and addictive distractions. It's success killed it.
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Ask the people that had you put a paywall on the article, writers and editors of New Yorker!
The internet is tons of fun
Spreed 42.zip, renamed in boobs.zip, in Facebook and you'll see how funny the internet can be.
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