67

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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 13 points 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

[-] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 3 points 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.

this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2024
67 points (100.0% liked)

Casual Conversation

1587 readers
154 users here now

Share a story, ask a question, or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. Maybe you'll make some friends in the process.


RULES

Casual conversation communities:

Related discussion-focused communities

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS