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

  • Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world
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    4 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

    • jetA
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      4 months ago

      Remember gorgor?

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          4 months ago

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

    • Contentedness@lemmy.nz
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      4 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.