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The internet sucks now.

 
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03/24/2015 03:05 PM
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The internet sucks now.
When I first got online in 1996 the internet was wonderful. I spent years reading interesting articles and filling my brain with useless information.

But lately it has become another kind of tv. Videos are killing the web. I get online to read. If I wanted to watch tv I would. I like to listen to music while I surf the web. Can't do that if it is a stinking video.

I think it is due to stupid people getting online. They can't handle reading and post videos one after the other. If you have to post a video you should either post a description of the content or be banned.

I miss the days when I could go a whole day and not be forced to watch some idiot on video talking trash. If you can't write it and then back it with proof then keep it offline.
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03/24/2015 03:07 PM
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I miss the days when I could go a whole day and not be forced to watch some idiot on video talking trash.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67061407


No one is forcing you to watch a damn thing how stupid are you?
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03/24/2015 03:08 PM
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I see ... Google and have parchly implemented it in my what the f is this after baby surgery before year ones.
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03/24/2015 03:09 PM
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I miss the days when I could go a whole day and not be forced to watch some idiot on video talking trash.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67061407


No one is forcing you to watch a damn thing how stupid are you?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 62886990


Empty spotless mind ...
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03/24/2015 03:12 PM
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I spent years reading interesting articles and filling my brain with useless information.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67061407


so whats the problem?
Unvaxxed because fuck you
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03/24/2015 03:14 PM

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Need Netscape back!! Those were the days
Pickle Suprise!
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03/24/2015 03:15 PM
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Re: The internet sucks now.
When I first got online in 1996 the internet was wonderful. I spent years reading interesting articles and filling my brain with useless information.

But lately it has become another kind of tv. Videos are killing the web. I get online to read. If I wanted to watch tv I would. I like to listen to music while I surf the web. Can't do that if it is a stinking video.

I think it is due to stupid people getting online. They can't handle reading and post videos one after the other. If you have to post a video you should either post a description of the content or be banned.

I miss the days when I could go a whole day and not be forced to watch some idiot on video talking trash. If you can't write it and then back it with proof then keep it offline.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67061407


When using google search change the reading level to intermediate or advanced. The internet becomes much more interesting then.
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03/24/2015 03:21 PM
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The fog of war.
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03/24/2015 03:37 PM
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Damn kids get off my lawn.
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03/24/2015 03:51 PM
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it has turned to shit for sure. nothing like the free market,free ideas innovation it once was, its little more than a library now.
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03/24/2015 03:56 PM
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I get tired of the videos, too. Who has time to watch 15-30 minutes or more just to find out what the person has to say? I really don't have patience for those who put out a video where they read an article for you.

1doh1
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03/24/2015 04:30 PM
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Need Netscape back!! Those were the days
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Prodigy man, prodigy. With news groups & IRC


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03/24/2015 04:32 PM
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I has always sucked, you just didn't realize it until now.
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03/24/2015 04:32 PM
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Bring back BBS.
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03/24/2015 04:36 PM
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I don't miss waiting for AOL to load...and that annoying modem sound. I despise the videos too. Unfortunately, the current crop of youngsters don't have the attention span for lengthy reading. There's good stuff out there, just got to know where to look.
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03/24/2015 04:49 PM
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Re: The internet sucks now.
When the internet was just BBS's, IRC, MUDs, and UseNet, it was wonderful.

You had to be smart to figure out how to use all that shit, get it connected, AND find someone.

Then...

...AOL showed up and made Internetting easy for the livestock.

That's when it went to hell.

Where you used to be able to count on the intelligence of someone you ran across in Cyberspace, you certainly can't anymore as anyone can get online now because it's so easy.

I like the value and quality that high speed and fat throughputs can bring, but I miss the like-minded intelligent people that could also use it back then, too.
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03/24/2015 04:55 PM
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If you limit your internet usage it doesn't get so boring. I don't use the internet everyday. Sometimes I take long breaks from it and places like GLP. She I do use it again, its fun.

banana2
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03/24/2015 04:57 PM
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*when
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Re: The internet sucks now.
When the internet was just BBS's, IRC, MUDs, and UseNet, it was wonderful.

You had to be smart to figure out how to use all that shit, get it connected, AND find someone.

Then...

...AOL showed up and made Internetting easy for the livestock.

That's when it went to hell.

Where you used to be able to count on the intelligence of someone you ran across in Cyberspace, you certainly can't anymore as anyone can get online now because it's so easy.

I like the value and quality that high speed and fat throughputs can bring, but I miss the like-minded intelligent people that could also use it back then, too.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 55431899


I was just thinking along those lines myself, not too long ago. I was feeling nostalgic for the "Wild West" days of BBSs and early internet.

People interacted differently online back then. After a few years of AOL, the ugliness surfaced.
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03/24/2015 07:06 PM
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Re: The internet sucks now.
When I first got online in 1996 the internet was wonderful. I spent years reading interesting articles and filling my brain with useless information.

But lately it has become another kind of tv. Videos are killing the web. I get online to read. If I wanted to watch tv I would. I like to listen to music while I surf the web. Can't do that if it is a stinking video.

I think it is due to stupid people getting online. They can't handle reading and post videos one after the other. If you have to post a video you should either post a description of the content or be banned.

I miss the days when I could go a whole day and not be forced to watch some idiot on video talking trash. If you can't write it and then back it with proof then keep it offline.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67061407


Agreed. I've been around since the very beginning, even before that with BBS in the 80's, and have sadly watched it all go swirling down the toilet as well.

Intelligent discourse has deteriorated down to crude, 2-sentence sound bites, and I'm not a fan of talking-head videos without transcripts either.

My issue with videos as the new, preferred medium is because I can speed read. Why would I want to watch a 45-minute rant on video, when I could read the same message in written format in 10 minutes?
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03/24/2015 07:10 PM
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it has turned to shit for sure. nothing like the free market,free ideas innovation it once was, its little more than a library now.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1701265


What?
Dafuq are you talking about?

And you're probly one of the asses opposed to net neutrality!
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03/24/2015 07:12 PM
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ETERNAL NOSTALGIA banana2
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I Miss The Good Old Days Of Hieroglyphs. I Kid. I Agree The Internet Has Really Gone Downhill, The Features Are Much Better But The Content Is Much Worse. Shouldn't Have Given The Mouth breathers Access.





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