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superman 2000 01/02/22 8:43:49 PM #1:	Early 2000s? Late 2000s? Right now? Personally, I look back rather fondly on 2008-2012. YouTube wasn't nearly as commercial, and algorithms hadn't infested social media yet. It all still had that simple, down-to-earth vibe. --- I don't hold grudges. Let's vehemently argue today and casually have a beer together tomorrow. <cite>superman 2000 posted [p:961421890] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Early 2000s? Late 2000s? Right now? Personally, I look back rather fondly on 2008-2012. YouTube wasn't nearly as commercial, and algorithms hadn't infested social media yet. It all still had that simple, down-to-earth vibe. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Trumpo 01/02/22 8:53:51 PM #2:	Mid 2000's when broadband started to become affordable <cite>Trumpo posted [p:961422114] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Mid 2000's when broadband started to become affordable </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Puglia77 01/02/22 9:04:16 PM #3:	Mid/late 2000s. Or anything before everything became political or social media. --- Proud Arceus of C.E.A.L. 3DS: 3926 5179 1229 IGN: ICanSnake (AS, Moon, UM, SW) \| Jon (X) Event List: http://bit.ly/2mVcn2Z Shiny List: http://bit.ly/2wdbxU7 <cite>Puglia77 posted [p:961422327] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Mid/late 2000s. Or anything before everything became political or social media. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hastewoosh 01/02/22 9:06:15 PM #4:	Pre-social media. Now every other site, wants your personal info via linking to FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc, etc. Privacy is being eroded more and over over time. <cite>Hastewoosh posted [p:961422378] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Pre-social media. Now every other site, wants your personal info via linking to FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc, etc. Privacy is being eroded more and over over time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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berlyman101 01/02/22 9:07:14 PM #7:	2003-2008 --- http://www.lukesurl.com/comics/2010-02-24-determinism.png <cite>berlyman101 posted [p:961422402] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>2003-2008 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 01/02/22 9:09:32 PM #8:	1995-2005 --- "Art is how we decorate space; Music is how we decorate time." -Jean Michel Basquiat <cite>brestugo posted [p:961422450] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>1995-2005 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SiO4 01/02/22 9:09:52 PM #9:	Mid 90's to Mid 2000's. --- "Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you." ~Carl Sagan. Currently playing: Flight Simulator X.~PC <cite>SiO4 posted [p:961422457] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Mid 90's to Mid 2000's.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UndefeatedGOAT 01/02/22 9:14:57 PM #10:	Puglia77 posted... Mid/late 2000s. Or anything before everything became political or social media. <cite>UndefeatedGOAT posted [p:961422584] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Puglia77 posted...</cite> <quote>Mid/late 2000s. Or anything before everything became political or social media. </quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YellowSUV 01/02/22 9:16:16 PM #11:	Hard to say, but sometime pre 2012 when the proliferation of smartphones made the Internet much worse. --- We all live in a Yellow SUV! a Yellow SUV! <cite>YellowSUV posted [p:961422604] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Hard to say, but sometime pre 2012 when the proliferation of smartphones made the Internet much worse. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BB mofo 01/02/22 9:47:20 PM #12:	brestugo posted... 1995-2005 SiO4 posted... Mid 90's to Mid 2000's. I agree. If you had access to a T1 connection you could download MP3s, porn, console game emulations, and other warez by simply going to your average search engine or through Usenet. Corporations were not quite Internet savvy yet so copyrighted material was in plain sight or still freely available if you knew where to look. I consider the end of the line when ISPs stopped hosting free Usenet servers with access to the binaries newsgroups. --- "But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?" -Mark Twain <cite>BB mofo posted [p:961423262] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>brestugo posted... </cite> <quote>1995-2005</quote> SiO4 posted... </cite> <quote>Mid 90's to Mid 2000's.</quote> I agree. If you had access to a T1 connection you could download MP3s, porn, console game emulations, and other warez by simply going to your average search engine or through Usenet. Corporations were not quite Internet savvy yet so copyrighted material was in plain sight or still freely available if you knew where to look. I consider the end of the line when ISPs stopped hosting free Usenet servers with access to the binaries newsgroups. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
brestugo 01/02/22 9:49:30 PM #13:	BB mofo posted... I agree. If you had access to a T1 connection you could download MP3s, porn, console game emulations, and other warez by simply going to your average search engine or through Usenet. Corporations were not quite Internet savvy yet so copyrighted material was in plain sight or still freely available if you knew where to look. I consider the end of the line when ISPs stopped hosting free Usenet servers with access to the binaries newsgroups. I had a lot of fun on Usenet back in the day. --- "Art is how we decorate space; Music is how we decorate time." -Jean Michel Basquiat <cite>brestugo posted [p:961423309] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>BB mofo posted... </cite> <quote>I agree. If you had access to a T1 connection you could download MP3s, porn, console game emulations, and other warez by simply going to your average search engine or through Usenet. Corporations were not quite Internet savvy yet so copyrighted material was in plain sight or still freely available if you knew where to look. I consider the end of the line when ISPs stopped hosting free Usenet servers with access to the binaries newsgroups.</quote>I had a lot of fun on Usenet back in the day. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSJPurple 01/02/22 9:49:56 PM #14:	Before Twitter became mainstream. It was more fun when it was semi popular but still on the niche side. Now that literally everybody is on the web it kind of sucks. I miss when old people didnt know how to use the internet. --- Eternal Grey <cite>SSJPurple posted [p:961423317] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Before Twitter became mainstream. It was more fun when it was semi popular but still on the niche side. Now that literally everybody is on the web it kind of sucks. I miss when old people didnt know how to use the internet. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
zzeennoolloo 01/02/22 9:54:41 PM #15:	1995 till 2005 = The Golden Age. Why 1995 as the starting point? A few reasons: 1) Explaining what the hell the internet was became mainstream during 1995 when channels like MTV and ABC and others started explaining there is this thing called the internet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NIPGmziNG0 2) AOL (America Online) started advertising on major channels during 1995. This is one of their commercials on TNT during 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1npzZu83AfU 3) Xband (while introduced during November 1994, it starts to truly ripple by 1995. It remained permanently niche, but it became the first significant ONLINE multiplayer network for gamers with a Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo during 1995. It even had X-mail, which was their version of e-mail). https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/1/AAMsTmAACxHL.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/2/AAMsTmAACxHM.jpg 4) During 1995, EGM (Electronics Gaming Monthly - one of the top video game magazines) started telling people about their new website called NUKE (which becomes a success by 1995 internet standards): https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/3/AAMsTmAACxHN.jpg 5) The success of Nuke would lead to other video game websites showing up. One of them would be a website known as the Video Game FAQ Archive during November 1995: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/8/4/AAcOiaAABlKw.jpg and then... During September 1996... The website would be renamed as... GameFAQS (and it's still around during 2022...you are on that website right now!!) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/5/AAMsTmAACxHP.jpg The Golden Age of the internet began during 1995 and would end by the end of 2005. 2006 is the beginning of the Silver age of the internet. While Youtube was created during 2005, it would truly start to ripple beginning 2006 and that's the start of the Silver age, which ends around the year 2016. 2017 is the start of the DARK age of the internet when Twitter (which was created years earlier) begins to grow dark and INSANE in a very bad way and that insanity starts to slowly spread in a dangerous way to other websites... --- Zealful... full of Zeal.... the Zenith... in the Zone... the Zzeennoolloo. <cite>zzeennoolloo posted [p:961423402] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>1995 till 2005 = The Golden Age. Why 1995 as the starting point? A few reasons: 1) Explaining what the hell the internet was became mainstream during 1995 when channels like MTV and ABC and others started explaining there is this thing called the internet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NIPGmziNG0 2) AOL (America Online) started advertising on major channels during 1995. This is one of their commercials on TNT during 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1npzZu83AfU 3) Xband (while introduced during November 1994, it starts to truly ripple by 1995. It remained permanently niche, but it became the first significant ONLINE multiplayer network for gamers with a Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo during 1995. It even had X-mail, which was their version of e-mail). https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/1/AAMsTmAACxHL.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/2/AAMsTmAACxHM.jpg 4) During 1995, EGM (Electronics Gaming Monthly - one of the top video game magazines) started telling people about their new website called NUKE (which becomes a success by 1995 internet standards): https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/3/AAMsTmAACxHN.jpg 5) The success of Nuke would lead to other video game websites showing up. One of them would be a website known as the Video Game FAQ Archive during November 1995: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/8/4/AAcOiaAABlKw.jpg and then... During September 1996... The website would be renamed as... GameFAQS (and it's still around during 2022...you are on that website right now!!) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/5/AAMsTmAACxHP.jpg The Golden Age of the internet began during 1995 and would end by the end of 2005. 2006 is the beginning of the Silver age of the internet. While Youtube was created during 2005, it would truly start to ripple beginning 2006 and that's the start of the Silver age, which ends around the year 2016. 2017 is the start of the DARK age of the internet when Twitter (which was created years earlier) begins to grow dark and INSANE in a very bad way and that insanity starts to slowly spread in a dangerous way to other websites... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
_Rinku_ 01/02/22 9:55:14 PM #16:	berlyman101 posted... 2003-2008 This. I was let loose on the Internet at probably too young of an age, but I can't imagine growing up any other way and at any other time. I miss the days of fan sites, message boards, and just the general idea of the Internet being this vast world to explore. Now it really feels limited to just the huge social media platforms and it's not the same. Also, everyone is on the "Internet" now. It's not a place for dorks and nerds anymore. Also, yes, I'm aware that I'm posting this on a message board. But this is a dying relic of a bygone era. GameFAQs when I first registered my account (at the tender age of 13 because I was a good little boy who followed the rules) was absolutely a bustling and robust site with extremely active boards. That kind of space basically doesn't exist anymore. <cite>_Rinku_ posted [p:961423414] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>berlyman101 posted... </cite> <quote>2003-2008</quote>This. I was let loose on the Internet at probably too young of an age, but I can't imagine growing up any other way and at any other time. I miss the days of fan sites, message boards, and just the general idea of the Internet being this vast world to explore. Now it really feels limited to just the huge social media platforms and it's not the same. Also, everyone is on the "Internet" now. It's not a place for dorks and nerds anymore. Also, yes, I'm aware that I'm posting this on a message board. But this is a dying relic of a bygone era. GameFAQs when I first registered my account (at the tender age of 13 because I was a good little boy who followed the rules) was absolutely a bustling and robust site with extremely active boards. That kind of space basically doesn't exist anymore. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
littlebro07 01/02/22 9:57:07 PM #17:	Like 2005-2010 it went to shit when everybody got a smartphone --- https://i.imgtc.com/MGGa6Os.gif <cite>littlebro07 posted [p:961423459] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Like 2005-2010 it went to shit when everybody got a smartphone </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FurryPhilosifer 01/02/22 9:58:52 PM #18:	I imagine everyone is just going to say the time that they first used it in. So with that in mind, the golden age was totally 2005-2008. This topic reminds me of a tweet I saw doing the rounds a while ago, of someone bemoaning the downfall of Youtube, and longing for the good old days of... 2019. --- Ghosts are cool. <cite>FurryPhilosifer posted [p:961423502] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>I imagine everyone is just going to say the time that they first used it in. So with that in mind, the golden age was totally 2005-2008. This topic reminds me of a tweet I saw doing the rounds a while ago, of someone bemoaning the downfall of Youtube, and longing for the good old days of... 2019. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sansoldier 01/02/22 10:00:53 PM #19:	Late 2000s, early 2010s. Internet and computers were too slow on average in the early 2000s. It became worse when forums died, bots became normalized, and social media began providing more extremist content. Right now is still really great for certain things. It's still good for getting involved with smaller, specialized communities. Certain information is also easily accessible compared to the past. --- http://www.youtube.com/user/san3711 <cite>Sansoldier posted [p:961423558] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Late 2000s, early 2010s. Internet and computers were too slow on average in the early 2000s. It became worse when forums died, bots became normalized, and social media began providing more extremist content. Right now is still really great for certain things. It's still good for getting involved with smaller, specialized communities. Certain information is also easily accessible compared to the past. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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toreysback 01/02/22 10:17:27 PM #21:	1997-2009 --- The Aztecs invented the vacation <cite>toreysback posted [p:961423932] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>1997-2009 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 01/02/22 10:17:52 PM #22:	Puglia77 posted... Mid/late 2000s. Or anything before everything became political or social media. --- I often wonder if we are growing as a people... or in fact, regressing. <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:961423943] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Puglia77 posted... </cite> <quote>Mid/late 2000s. Or anything before everything became political or social media.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoopPotato 01/02/22 10:18:54 PM #23:	For me it was around 98-2000. Chat rooms were kind of like the beta version of virtual reality in a way. You could download game demos left and right which for me was similar to renting SNES games on the weekend, only this was free. Everything was new and it hadn't hit the mainstream yet, so you could still have a bit of a niche hobby. Multiplayer games were a hoot because the graphics didn't really matter at the time due to everything looking kinda shitty, game play was more important. Unreal Tournament was a blast. --- http://i.minus.com/i5EWBMXTN4ERv.gif <cite>PoopPotato posted [p:961423965] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>For me it was around 98-2000. Chat rooms were kind of like the beta version of virtual reality in a way. You could download game demos left and right which for me was similar to renting SNES games on the weekend, only this was free. Everything was new and it hadn't hit the mainstream yet, so you could still have a bit of a niche hobby. Multiplayer games were a hoot because the graphics didn't really matter at the time due to everything looking kinda shitty, game play was more important. Unreal Tournament was a blast. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hoodroar 01/02/22 10:20:11 PM #24:	Early-mid 2000s. Even this dump was legendary back then. --- sigless user logic <cite>Hoodroar posted [p:961423995] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Early-mid 2000s. Even this dump was legendary back then.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MI4 REAL 01/02/22 10:21:27 PM #25:	2003-2009 --- "Er...well, y'know. You can't make an omelette without um...destroying a forest.....or something" -Black Mage <cite>MI4 REAL posted [p:961424037] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>2003-2009 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jiek_Fafn 01/02/22 10:23:43 PM #26:	Now There's more porn available now than there has ever been. At 4k resolution! Not that blurry shit we used to watch when we were kids. --- I don't believe in belts. There should be no ranking system for toughness. <cite>Jiek_Fafn posted [p:961424073] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Now There's more porn available now than there has ever been. At 4k resolution! Not that blurry shit we used to watch when we were kids. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ViewtifulJoe 01/02/22 10:24:55 PM #27:	This makes me miss TF2 more than anything else. Guess that means I should say around that time. --- Still waiting on that third threat <cite>ViewtifulJoe posted [p:961424103] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>This makes me miss TF2 more than anything else. Guess that means I should say around that time. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CommonGrackle 01/02/22 10:25:23 PM #28:	for me the post dial-up pre smartphone era. Maybe mid 2000s. though I must admit it was the first time I had broadband, in college, and I thought it was the greatest thing ever <cite>CommonGrackle posted [p:961424115] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>for me the post dial-up pre smartphone era. Maybe mid 2000s. though I must admit it was the first time I had broadband, in college, and I thought it was the greatest thing ever</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Naysaspace 01/02/22 10:27:24 PM #29:	probably 05 - 15 after broadband was widespread, at least in urban and suburban areas. But before corporations really honed their skills to exploit the internet and turn it into a giant advertisement/data harvesting tool --- #BladeGang <cite>Naysaspace posted [p:961424159] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>probably 05 - 15 after broadband was widespread, at least in urban and suburban areas. But before corporations really honed their skills to exploit the internet and turn it into a giant advertisement/data harvesting tool </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PoopPotato 01/02/22 10:27:58 PM #30:	Jiek_Fafn posted... Now There's more porn available now than there has ever been. At 4k resolution! Not that blurry shit we used to watch when we were kids. On a 33K modem, photos loaded in chunks. It was an event to look at porn, lol. You had to get some mountain dew, wait for the rest of the house to fall asleep, stay up until 2 am watching whatever MTV happened to have on or some goofy movie on Sci fi channel, then save an entire image gallery to a floppy disk. Oh wait, it can only hold six jpegs? Better choose your favorite images, that's all you get for a week or two lol --- http://i.minus.com/i5EWBMXTN4ERv.gif <cite>PoopPotato posted [p:961424171] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Jiek_Fafn posted... </cite> <quote>Now There's more porn available now than there has ever been. At 4k resolution! Not that blurry shit we used to watch when we were kids.</quote>On a 33K modem, photos loaded in chunks. It was an event to look at porn, lol. You had to get some mountain dew, wait for the rest of the house to fall asleep, stay up until 2 am watching whatever MTV happened to have on or some goofy movie on Sci fi channel, then save an entire image gallery to a floppy disk. Oh wait, it can only hold six jpegs? Better choose your favorite images, that's all you get for a week or two lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
l0gic 01/02/22 10:30:07 PM #31:	2001-2011 <cite>l0gic posted [p:961424227] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>2001-2011 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Payzmaykr 01/02/22 10:34:58 PM #32:	Before social media, for sure. --- So long, Thanks for all the fish! <cite>Payzmaykr posted [p:961424331] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Before social media, for sure. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
zzeennoolloo 01/02/22 10:35:09 PM #33:	Jiek_Fafn posted... Now There's more porn available now than there has ever been. At 4k resolution! Not that blurry shit we used to watch when we were kids. PoopPotato posted... On a 33K modem, photos loaded in chunks. It was an event to look at porn, lol. You had to get some mountain dew, wait for the rest of the house to fall asleep, stay up until 2 am watching whatever MTV happened to have on or some goofy movie on Sci fi channel, then save an entire image gallery to a floppy disk. Oh wait, it can only hold six jpegs? Better choose your favorite images, that's all you get for a week or two lol I was watching porn in 4K VR the other day. Not just 4K, but 4K VR... it looks REAL. I've heard they have 8K VR porn now. I can only imagine how that looks considering how life like the 4K VR stuff is. Anyway, during the late 90's (1998 - 1999) I discovered porn on the internet. I would find pics... that would load SLOWLY... freaking SLOWLY... Three minutes in you fully see the woman's head / face... then it SLOWLY starts to load the rest of the pic... SLOWLY... very SLOWLY... that was freaking painful. It was like watching a slow as hell strip tease which takes forever. LOL. --- Zealful... full of Zeal.... the Zenith... in the Zone... the Zzeennoolloo. <cite>zzeennoolloo posted [p:961424338] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Jiek_Fafn posted... </cite> <quote>Now There's more porn available now than there has ever been. At 4k resolution! Not that blurry shit we used to watch when we were kids.</quote> PoopPotato posted... </cite> <quote>On a 33K modem, photos loaded in chunks. It was an event to look at porn, lol. You had to get some mountain dew, wait for the rest of the house to fall asleep, stay up until 2 am watching whatever MTV happened to have on or some goofy movie on Sci fi channel, then save an entire image gallery to a floppy disk. Oh wait, it can only hold six jpegs? Better choose your favorite images, that's all you get for a week or two lol</quote> I was watching porn in 4K VR the other day. Not just 4K, but 4K VR... it looks REAL. I've heard they have 8K VR porn now. I can only imagine how that looks considering how life like the 4K VR stuff is. Anyway, during the late 90's (1998 - 1999) I discovered porn on the internet. I would find pics... that would load SLOWLY... freaking SLOWLY... Three minutes in you fully see the woman's head / face... then it SLOWLY starts to load the rest of the pic... SLOWLY... very SLOWLY... that was freaking painful. It was like watching a slow as hell strip tease which takes forever. LOL. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
fsurb28 01/02/22 10:36:13 PM #34:	When idiotic morons get censored! --- PSN - fsulb29 <cite>fsurb28 posted [p:961424362] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>When idiotic morons get censored! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
zzeennoolloo 01/02/22 10:37:22 PM #35:	Payzmaykr posted... Before social media, for sure. I remember MySpace. MySpace was AWESOME from 2004 to 2008. It was great. Myspace's Tom was a much better friend than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/9/7/AAMsTmAACxH5.jpg --- Zealful... full of Zeal.... the Zenith... in the Zone... the Zzeennoolloo. <cite>zzeennoolloo posted [p:961424381] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Payzmaykr posted... </cite> <quote>Before social media, for sure.</quote> I remember MySpace. MySpace was AWESOME from 2004 to 2008. It was great. Myspace's Tom was a much better friend than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/9/7/AAMsTmAACxH5.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
QwelzaarKane 01/02/22 11:49:31 PM #36:	Puglia77 posted... Mid/late 2000s. Or anything before everything became political or social media. This. I've heard a lot of people cite GamerGate as a specific turning point when things started getting really toxic. The Tropes vs Women in Gaming controversy pushed me away from internet culture for a while so I missed GamerGate but it makes sense looking back. IIRC the early 2010s was also when platforms like reddit and Youtube started to really gain traction amd begin transforming into what they are now. --- NP: Ass. Creed IV, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, N++ They don't like it when I waltz in and turn wine back <cite>QwelzaarKane posted [p:961426114] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Puglia77 posted... </cite> <quote>Mid/late 2000s. Or anything before everything became political or social media.</quote> This. I've heard a lot of people cite GamerGate as a specific turning point when things started getting really toxic. The Tropes vs Women in Gaming controversy pushed me away from internet culture for a while so I missed GamerGate but it makes sense looking back. IIRC the early 2010s was also when platforms like reddit and Youtube started to really gain traction amd begin transforming into what they are now. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zikten 01/02/22 11:51:54 PM #37:	Now. I like the streaming and games available <cite>Zikten posted [p:961426153] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Now. I like the streaming and games available</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
eggcorn 01/03/22 12:29:58 AM #38:	prob late 90's - '05 --- Warning: This post may contain triggering or distressing content. <cite>eggcorn posted [p:961426824] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>prob late 90's - '05 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
pfh1001 01/03/22 12:55:52 AM #39:	Puglia77 posted... Mid/late 2000s. Or anything before everything became political or social media. Agreed. <cite>pfh1001 posted [p:961427253] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Puglia77 posted...</cite> <quote>Mid/late 2000s. Or anything before everything became political or social media. </quote> Agreed.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Master_Bass 01/03/22 12:58:23 AM #40:	Puglia77 posted... Mid/late 2000s. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Master_Bass posted [p:961427282] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Puglia77 posted... </cite> <quote>Mid/late 2000s.</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SiO4 01/03/22 12:59:10 AM #41:	zzeennoolloo posted... 1995 till 2005 = The Golden Age. Why 1995 as the starting point? A few reasons: 1) Explaining what the hell the internet was became mainstream during 1995 when channels like MTV and ABC and others started explaining there is this thing called the internet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NIPGmziNG0 2) AOL (America Online) started advertising on major channels during 1995. This is one of their commercials on TNT during 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1npzZu83AfU 3) Xband (while introduced during November 1994, it starts to truly ripple by 1995. It remained permanently niche, but it became the first significant ONLINE multiplayer network for gamers with a Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo during 1995. It even had X-mail, which was their version of e-mail). https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/1/AAMsTmAACxHL.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/2/AAMsTmAACxHM.jpg 4) During 1995, EGM (Electronics Gaming Monthly - one of the top video game magazines) started telling people about their new website called NUKE (which becomes a success by 1995 internet standards): https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/3/AAMsTmAACxHN.jpg 5) The success of Nuke would lead to other video game websites showing up. One of them would be a website known as the Video Game FAQ Archive during November 1995: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/8/4/AAcOiaAABlKw.jpg and then... During September 1996... The website would be renamed as... GameFAQS (and it's still around during 2022...you are on that website right now!!) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/5/AAMsTmAACxHP.jpg The Golden Age of the internet began during 1995 and would end by the end of 2005. 2006 is the beginning of the Silver age of the internet. While Youtube was created during 2005, it would truly start to ripple beginning 2006 and that's the start of the Silver age, which ends around the year 2016. 2017 is the start of the DARK age of the internet when Twitter (which was created years earlier) begins to grow dark and INSANE in a very bad way and that insanity starts to slowly spread in a dangerous way to other websites... In review: 1995 - 2005 = Golden Age 2006 - 2016 = Silver Age 2017 - and continuing for the time being = Dark Age That's what we have so far, three ages. On a side note, The internet was technically created during 1983 but it wasn't till 1995 when it started growing mainstream and started blossoming, so 1983 till 1994 is the prehistoric age. So really FOUR ages for the internet. Damn Man, Quality post. --- "Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you." ~Carl Sagan. Currently playing: Flight Simulator X.~PC <cite>SiO4 posted [p:961427295] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>zzeennoolloo posted...</cite> <quote>1995 till 2005 = The Golden Age. Why 1995 as the starting point? A few reasons: 1) Explaining what the hell the internet was became mainstream during 1995 when channels like MTV and ABC and others started explaining there is this thing called the internet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NIPGmziNG0 2) AOL (America Online) started advertising on major channels during 1995. This is one of their commercials on TNT during 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1npzZu83AfU 3) Xband (while introduced during November 1994, it starts to truly ripple by 1995. It remained permanently niche, but it became the first significant ONLINE multiplayer network for gamers with a Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo during 1995. It even had X-mail, which was their version of e-mail). https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/1/AAMsTmAACxHL.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/2/AAMsTmAACxHM.jpg 4) During 1995, EGM (Electronics Gaming Monthly - one of the top video game magazines) started telling people about their new website called NUKE (which becomes a success by 1995 internet standards): https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/3/AAMsTmAACxHN.jpg 5) The success of Nuke would lead to other video game websites showing up. One of them would be a website known as the Video Game FAQ Archive during November 1995: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/8/4/AAcOiaAABlKw.jpg and then... During September 1996... The website would be renamed as... GameFAQS (and it's still around during 2022...you are on that website right now!!) https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/5/5/AAMsTmAACxHP.jpg The Golden Age of the internet began during 1995 and would end by the end of 2005. 2006 is the beginning of the Silver age of the internet. While Youtube was created during 2005, it would truly start to ripple beginning 2006 and that's the start of the Silver age, which ends around the year 2016. 2017 is the start of the DARK age of the internet when Twitter (which was created years earlier) begins to grow dark and INSANE in a very bad way and that insanity starts to slowly spread in a dangerous way to other websites... In review: 1995 - 2005 = Golden Age 2006 - 2016 = Silver Age 2017 - and continuing for the time being = Dark Age That's what we have so far, three ages. On a side note, The internet was technically created during 1983 but it wasn't till 1995 when it started growing mainstream and started blossoming, so 1983 till 1994 is the prehistoric age. So really FOUR ages for the internet. </quote> Damn Man, Quality post.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kisai 01/03/22 12:59:49 AM #42:	Late-90s/early-2000s for the most part. Mostly because everyone still acted like the other person was a human being, for the most part. And things hadn't gotten nearly as insane as they have now. --- WHO MODS THE MODERATORS? <cite>Kisai posted [p:961427308] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Late-90s/early-2000s for the most part. Mostly because everyone still acted like the other person was a human being, for the most part. And things hadn't gotten nearly as insane as they have now. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lost_All_Senses 01/03/22 12:59:54 AM #43:	zzeennoolloo posted... I remember MySpace. MySpace was AWESOME from 2004 to 2008. It was great. Myspace's Tom was a much better friend than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/9/7/AAMsTmAACxH5.jpg This is the first time I'm noticing he's not giving a thumbs up --- Name checks out "I don't wanna be the toughest, I just keep it 100 and think nothin of it"- Black Thought <cite>Lost_All_Senses posted [p:961427309] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>zzeennoolloo posted... </cite> <quote>I remember MySpace. MySpace was AWESOME from 2004 to 2008. It was great. Myspace's Tom was a much better friend than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/9/7/AAMsTmAACxH5.jpg</quote> This is the first time I'm noticing he's not giving a thumbs up </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Wheelman1 01/03/22 1:01:51 AM #44:	2003-2010 --- XBox Live GT: MastaMez PSN: KoolMez The Topic Killer \_0_/ <cite>The Wheelman1 posted [p:961427339] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>2003-2010 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SiO4 01/03/22 1:10:18 AM #45:	Kisai posted... Late-90s/early-2000s for the most part. Mostly because everyone still acted like the other person was a human being, for the most part. And things hadn't gotten nearly as insane as they have now. You are not wrong. --- "Whatever the reason you're on Mars, I'm glad you're there, and I wish I was with you." ~Carl Sagan. Currently playing: Flight Simulator X.~PC <cite>SiO4 posted [p:961427478] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Kisai posted...</cite> <quote>Late-90s/early-2000s for the most part. Mostly because everyone still acted like the other person was a human being, for the most part. And things hadn't gotten nearly as insane as they have now. </quote> You are not wrong.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Suikoden420 01/03/22 1:26:16 AM #46:	I kinda miss the old days sometimes. The period from 95 to about 03. But definitely mid-2000s were golden age --- Come Nerevar, come and look upon the heart, Upon the heart Ooh! <cite>Suikoden420 posted [p:961427710] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>I kinda miss the old days sometimes. The period from 95 to about 03. But definitely mid-2000s were golden age </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jabodie 01/03/22 1:26:50 AM #47:	Whenever I was about 13-15 --- <insert sig here> <cite>Jabodie posted [p:961427718] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>Whenever I was about 13-15 </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Freddie_Mercury 01/03/22 1:31:12 AM #48:	2007-2009 runescape homestar runner somethingawful newgrounds ~~gamefaqs~~ --- just another freak in the freak kingdom <cite>Freddie_Mercury posted [p:961427774] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>2007-2009 runescapehomestar runnersomethingawful newgroundsgamefaqs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ivany2008 01/03/22 1:58:56 AM #49:	mid 2000s. Back when things like Napster/Limewire were still a widely used thing and laws regarding internet sharing weren't as strict as they are today. Mainly because those applications introduced me to a whole slew of new artists and games that I wouldn't have known about prior. Hell, being able to play SNES roms for the first time introduced me to games like Terranigma, 7th Saga, even Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past which weren't widely available in my small town. <cite>Ivany2008 posted [p:961428125] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>mid 2000s. Back when things like Napster/Limewire were still a widely used thing and laws regarding internet sharing weren't as strict as they are today. Mainly because those applications introduced me to a whole slew of new artists and games that I wouldn't have known about prior. Hell, being able to play SNES roms for the first time introduced me to games like Terranigma, 7th Saga, even Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past which weren't widely available in my small town. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 01/03/22 2:06:29 AM #50:	The brief era where myspace was more popular than Facebook was internet perfection --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:961428206] in What do yo... [t:79837150]...</cite> <quote>The brief era where myspace was more popular than Facebook was internet perfection </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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