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And here's a tidier version made after the original

El maximo bumperino originalioso

great feels indeed

I can relate to at least 5 things in every category

>>35754282
>>35754295
Where's YTMND?

>>35754874
and something awful, Encyclopedia dramatica, live journal.

>>35754282
Man I sure do miss being a kid I love these kinds of threads glad you made one

Remember ebaumsworld? I looked back on it once and it had a shit layout? Also AVGN and Geocities, I think geocities is on archive.org

>>35754905
Holy shit ebaumsworld thats a throwback

>>35754918
https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20020701000000*/ebaumsworld.com enjoy originalo.
I also miss those rom hacks, doom wads, gmod and when valve was good. And those AGK parodies, oh yeah and joecartoon.

smod was good. There was a lot of good hl2 and hl1 mods. And MUGEN.Also stickpage.com has a lot of good nostalgic stick games on it.

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Here's an early 2000s internet one I have from another thread. I have an MMO one somewhere too.

Why was early 2000's internet so good? Especially 4chan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA16PNZ8-2g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssgm5rUpgUs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqKD5q7h6Oo

I think cheezburger, 9gag and reddit killed memes

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Found it. MMORPGBlox

Holy shit what about funnyjunk?

old deviantart was pretty good, blogger is dead and sites like acidcow. , thumbpress. platedjeans, bored.com remind me of old internet for some reason. Tumblr is a shit hole but it was good when it was first launched same thing goes with twitter and facebook

>>35755005
Two things
First being you were younger then, so everything was new and wonderous. Kids these days think the same thing about our internet and in the 2020s will be like why was 2010s internet so good?

Second was it became more normie. Sites normies on the internet used in the early 2000s was like google, aol and yahoo. It was mostly a robot thing or a kids thing. Hence why there was a lot of sites appealing to kids, or a lot of cult following type sites.

A lot of people, at least on R9K say that 2007 or 2008 would be the years they'd give where the internet kind of changes, websites changed to appeal normies, normies were all over the internet then. So that'll be the other reason. In the late 2000s, due to easier accessibility of the internet, the coming of wifi and smartphones and cheaper internet and faster connections, the internet became more accessible to normies and it wasn't just a thing kids or robots used. As such, websites appeared or changed to appeal to that.

By 2010 everyone was using the internet, it became that widespread.

old movie websites were pretty good like thecrow.com I miss those oldschool pop ads for some reason It's funny because I used to hate them

>>35755071
I remember when tumblr was known as the hipster aesthetic site rather than SJW.

Also yeah the websites you mention are reminiscent of the simplicity of web 1.0

>>35754295
>>35754282
No My Chemical Romance?

>>35755082
Damn I think we should go on a fucking hunt for normies on the web. Also politics killed imageboard culture because if your a basement dwelling robot how would politics effect you? It just seems retarded.

This is still up http://edition.cnn.com/US/OJ/ and space jam is still up. And this subreddit I found was linked in another thread like this https://www.reddit.com/r/forgottenwebsites/top/
I miss anime websites

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What was your favorite show in the late 90s and early 2000's. Power rangers was the shit back then

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Old nickeldon and Cartoon network was the best and fox kids. I sure miss those days

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>>35755203
My Parents Are Aliens was the shit

>>35754282
What a time to be alive. It's hard to think we haven't reached the pinnacle of culture and human experience. WE lived during the apex. We might not see another golden age of culture for hundreds of years.

>>35755119
Yeah I was fine with sites like Digg and Reddit and 9gag taking memes and appropriating what 'memes' are because it didn't really leak into here. It was just way over there, away, you know?

I'm even fine with 4chan becoming a bit less weeb than it used to be, it's inevitable with the none Japanese and anime boards.

What sucks is how there are less raids, those were fun, and how they've changed. They're now politically spurred or used to forward an agenda. We take sides now. Before it was just 'for the lulz'. Anyone was a target, the point was the fun.

But it's not just 4chan with the politics thing, its all over the internet. Everyone just seems into politics now. Compare that to the 2012 election. 4chan was still around, twitter was still around and Facebook was still around, but the politics stuff wasn't half as bad.

It just baffles me, and its a change to the internet that I find weird that everyone feels the need to share their political opinion as if anyone cares, and they feel the need to talk about politics all the time. Arguing about politics on here and on twitter is weird for me too. Like who gives a fuck about Fucko Joe from half way around the whole and his political opinion?

I don't get why people are so set on arguing and trying to change a complete stranger's political opinion. Someone who they'll never talk to again in 15 minutes. Especially on here, an anonymous image board, you don't even know who the person is and some people get into such a rage about it like "I CANT BELIEVE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT POLITICAL STANCE THAN ME" and go into massive hour long arguments with a person they don't know and will never see again.

These people know that people are set into political ideologies so it's pointless. They know they're not gonna change their opinion so why do it?

It's why I've stopped arguing with strangers on the internet in general. You're not gonna see them ever again in 10 minutes time.

Youtubes poops were good and the best thing on internet. Also this thread has some good old internet stuff http://rx.vyrd.net/988240.html
oh yeah and crazyshit.com
TMNT was the fucking bomb back then

>>35755259
It's even worse on 4chan. I can understand arguing on youtube or leddit about your political agenda because the user has a online name, persona and reputation. But this is a fucking anonymous imageboard. The weeb days were really good mixing anime and memes together made some really good shit. The reason why people argued on 4chan back then was because it was fun to mess with some hence "for teh lulz"

Remember facepunch and old forums?

I remember in the 90s and 80s there was this newspaper which was a parody of tabloids making up ridiculous stories like batchild escapes from cave. Can anyone help me out on what it was called?

Kongrate was epic. I remember in school everyone would sneak in copies of CS 1.6. I also miss old south park it has suffered with seasonal rot and it died with the release of season 20 when all they did was talk about PC culture and politics like shut the fuck up nobody cares about that

>>35755287
Back in 2012 you'd just ask someone who they voted for, they'd say and people would be like "Alright cool"

I think whats changed is social media cultures become embedded in everyone, and how news outlets have changed. The focus is on 'Let your voice be heard' it's all over social media and news. 'Say what you think, we care, let everyone know!'

So now people have this idea that their opinions are important and all of their opinions must be shared, that they must shout it out. So its just lead to this new culture of people thinking their opinions matter and their opinions are the right ones.

Old gmod animations are awesome and sfm are okay but don't have that early 2000's charm to them. I think people made comics in gmod aswell

>>35754282
I'm confused are you going for 2000's vibe?

Or 90's vibe?

Because most of the stuff on there is 2000's with some 90's games.

>>35755379
So much this. Everytime you say you don't give two shits about who they voted for they go
>muh freedom of speech
Just read this and shut the fuck up
https://xkcd.com/1357/

>>35755399
Anything really you find nostalgic I guess he is just a fan of 90's and 2000's nostalgia I am a fan of 80's nostalgia

2000S video game culture
>Reading PC gaming magazines
>Your only preview of the game being this person's opinion of the game and stills of the game
>Unless of course, you got a demo disc!
>Based multi-game demo discs
>PC Gaming magazines used to do discs with mods installed on too
>Gaming based TV shows
>I'll give it 4 G'S OUT OF 5
>"MINDBLOWING GRAPHICS"
>PS2 era graphics
>Watch the kids on the show in jealousy play gaming competitions against each other and win a bunch of candy and toys
>Watch in jealousy as the kids get to try out a new game exclusively
>Back when the only way to get E3 footage that wasn't a write up was these TV shows where they'd show EXCLUSIVE CONFERENCE FOOTAGE and EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE OF THE FLOOR
>If you wait until the end of the show, you'll see first time ever, exclusive gaming footage from E3 of game you're hyped for!
>But it's competition time for the viewers at home
>Answer this question and call up and you get to win...
>The prize is like a fucking games console with 25 games or some shit
>Flip out and enter
>Never win

>>35755399
Anything nostalgic from childhood. I guess it's full of 2000s stuff as he was a kid in the 2000s.

Also reminder that people who were 10 years old in 2008 are now adults.

IF you look at the 007 sound system comment section on youtube you can see a lot of people talking about 2000's nostalgia you should check it out after this thread

Old computer viruses. They don't seem to be a big thing these days because people are more aware of viruses and aren't dumb enough to click e-mail links anymore. At least in work and school at least.

But honestly some of the 90s and 2000s viruses were pretty fucking scary because they were about wreaking havoc and destroying your computer. Nowadays all it seems to be about is stealing passwords and information and shit really. Just trojans and keyloggers, rather than all out mayhem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrnWFAx5vJg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqkFfF5kAvw

>>35755518
I watch dancoot1 aswell old viruses on the ms dos were creative and cool looking they were stylish but deadly

gamefaqs and gamespy were pretty good. And gta forums and ign forums still have that 2000's vibe in the community. Roblox used to be good

>>35755570
Exclusive cheats and easter eggs!

Cheats aren't a thing anymore which sucks.

Creepypasta and scary websites became dead with the release of FNAF.

Forums and IRC is dying out too. I used to roleplay and shit on forums.

Old top 10's with windows xp windows movie maker and gta sa myths and legends

>>35755644
I wish you could look at chat history on irc so you can look back on the old days

>>35755538
Yeah I remember back then I used to panic when getting viruses. I don't now. In fact I haven't gotten a virus in years.

I dunno if its that I have good anti-virus stuff and I'm more aware of how to avoid them, or if viruses aren't much of a thing now. I don't think its the latter as I'm sure there's dumb ass old people who still get them, but they still don't feel as deadly anymore, just stealing information.

Meanwhile way back in the 2000s there used to be entire offices shut down by a virus, entire schools, even entire cities due to computer virus 'epidemics' they were called.

>>35755672
Yeah at least on old social media you could read old messages and on MSN read chat logs of all the old female online friends you used to flirt with and do lewd shit on cam with.

I wonder what they're doing now.

early to late 2000's memes were neat and simple.

what about rotten.com

>Old Youtube
>Remember to rate this video 5 stars!
>No google+ stuff
>Customisable Youtube page with a featured video and a banner and a background
>Everyone trying to copy AVGN as an angry reviewer
>People vlogging their daily lives without any intention of doing it just for money
>People reviewing games and movies for the fun of it.
>Youtube poops
>Creepypasta videos
>No ads
>Full subbed anime episodes available
>Lets plays that were more walkthroughs than reactionary stuff, but if they were reactionary it was usually blind and you get to watch them fall in love with a game they've never played before
>Anime AMVs
>Lyric videos made in WMM
>Convention videos of people doing carameldansen or the Haruhi dance
>Old Youtube famous people like Mariedigby, Brookers, Davedays, Lonelygirl15, Will It Blend? and Daxflame

>>35755332
Weekly World News

>>35754981
Holy fucking shit what's that flash game on the bottom left hand corner

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>>35755602
Man, I remember old /x/. There was memorable stuff being made on almost any given day and some of the stories were actually pretty unsettling. Wish we could go back to that, the creepypasta/horror community is so silly and meme-laden now.

>>35755933
StickRPG

This comment is original.

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>>35755819
>youtube will most likely never be as simple and fun as it was before

Fuck off mate I don't wanna cry today

>>35755819
>all the reply videos that used to be posted under videos

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Reminder:
we, the people born in 1999, can post on 4chan

>>35754282
>skullkid
>newgrounds
>miniclip
>windows xp
>fucking BIONICLE
my man

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>>35756165
This album came out 11 years ago.
People who were 7 when it came out can now post here.

>>35755942
Remember Yvettesbridalformal?

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When one of these bad boys was rolled out and you knew you were in for a good lesson.

>>35756165
YAAHH

>>35754893
ED is the original "KnowYourMeme" done right.
LiveJournal is the original Tumblr, with even edgier content.
SomethingAwful is [removed by lowtax]

I'll leave this here for the newfriends.

>>35756224
>BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL

>>35755942
The spooky skeleton meme and 2spooky4me was the beginning of the end of /x/

>>35756213
Oh yeah. I remember when Dead Bart and Squidward's Suicide came onto the scene and were actually considered good, before the "HYPERREALISTIC" meme and copycat stories took off.

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Fuck this stupid thread for making me well up.
I wish I was 11 again.

>Playing GunZ the duel and I get a rocket launcher for the first time

>>35755883
Thanks man appreciate it oregano

>>35756280
That and have you ever heard of the grifter?

Now its just politics discussion as is every board it seems, and RP threads.

>>35754981
can someone list the names of all of these

Fuck, all those flash games. Those were the fucking days senpai. And tamagotchis.

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Unfortunately Resmo, you have the least number of lives and so...
You must face...
The way... of the warrior!

Are you ready? Then let the challenge BEGIN.

>>35755819
>layouts that made sense
>faggots trying to scam you putting stars in the video name

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>Silk Road
>RuneScape
>Planetside
>Space Cowboy
>Maplestory
>Kal Online
>Knight Online
>Rakion
>The Legend of Ares
>Exteel
>Mu Online
>Flyff
>MOTHER FUCKING M.U.G.E.N
>Finding all those flash games for the first time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrph2EW9VjY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d44ykdKvCw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ool4gyrJpM0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDvr08sCPOc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVTXPUF4Oz4

>>35755082
>Sites normies on the internet used in the early 2000s was like google, aol and yahoo.
Some normies also used news sites and maybe forums. There were also plenty of younger normies on social media.


One more thing that changed the internet in the late 2000s and early 2010s was touchscreens becoming mainstream. This changed the design of most major sites.

>>35756329
Ragnarok Online, Albino Black Sheep, Badger Badget Badger, Wobl and Bob, Salad Fingers, Geocities, Newgrounds, Ark and Kerrigan, GaiaOnline, Ebaums World, Classic Youtube, MSN, Maplestory, Hotmail, Stickam, BlogTV, Star Wars Galaxies, YTMND, StickRPG, Angelfire, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo Chat, Habbo and Cokemusic

>>35756672
Yeah true. Younger people caught onto the internet before adults. I'd say there was a boom of all the young people using the internet in like 07 and 08 due to the rise in online gaming and social media and adults followed shortly after in 09 and 10.

>>35755203
Definitely Pokemon.

Newgrounds
>Legendary Frog
>Clock Crew
>Final Fighting Fantasy
>All the George Bush killing games
>Pico
>Alien Hominid
>That game where you beat up elderly people
>The hentai section where you had all your early faps because it was your only porn source
>Dress up games

>>35755602
I think video game creepypasta died a couple of years before that. All the ideas were used and everyone copied Ben Drowned and other popular stories.

>>35756232
ED was great in 2007-2009. Or maybe it's just me.

>>35754282
Not even that old and I remember playing most of those videogames.

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>Haven't spoken to your online friends in over a decade
>All those days of staring out the window during school daydreaming about coming home and playing video games and surfing online are gone
>All those days of exploring the unknown territory of the Internet, being amazed by all the different things you find, are gone
>The spark is gone
>Even trying to rekindle the spark by watching old shows/playing old games doesn't work
>Trying to recreate the experience of the old Internet with things like Archive.org just feels like visiting a cemetery
>You will never wake up with the same bright, naive desire that you used to

>>35756923
>Trying to recreate the experience of the old Internet with things like Archive.org just feels like visiting a cemetery
Fuck this hits me. I don't subscribe to the "the internet is completely dead and there will never be another golden age of content" claim that is constantly espoused but looking at the past I wonder if we can ever top it, if the content creators of now are even as youthful or vigorous as they once were, and if the current generation is up to the challenge.

I can look at content produced by the "modern" internet and be amused or downright amazed at times but something feels missing. It's the same feeling you get when you play a modern video game but then wonder how you had more fun with games made with worse technology. Wherever you look it feels like there is a deep stagnation of culture and I don't believe it has everything to do with not being a kid anymore.

>>35756997
Modern Internet is completely commercialized. All those people from the old Internet who made Flash games/animations did it completely out of pure interest.

I feel like social media is to the internet as the railroad is to the wild west, am I wrong?

>>35757150
I don't think it's completely out of the question for that old style of internet to revive in some form where people worked out of an interest to build communities and create funny content simply because it was their interest/hobby, in that sense I'm more optimistic than most people. But for that to happen enough people have to want it. There has to be a clear goal and a fresh batch of energetic people who know what they're doing. I've seen a few attempts already but they died out before gaining traction, which leads to my next point.

The difference between the old internet and the new internet isn't talent, but effort. For every one decent content creator there are ten copycats and a thousand reposters (I mean this as a general rule, applying not only to 4chan). This was actually common knowledge before when content aggregators first became a thing.

So we're left with a situation where there are few content producers and in an already heavily restricted environment compared to the old days.

>>35757151
You're not wrong, but I wouldn't say they have been complete cancers on the internet. I will probably get shit on for saying this but Twitter has done more to produce content and fling normies out of the dark age of "meme generators" and what not than Facebook or any other social media ever did. People who think 4chan is still independent from this growth are completely delusional, and it will be seen what it means for the future of the internet and good content.

Brit Nostalgia
>CBBC
>CITV
>SMTV Live
>Ant, Dec and Cat in C.H.U.M.S, Wonky Donky and Challenge Ant
>Smile on BBC
>Dick n Dom in the Bungalow
>When everyone was wearing those coloured bracelets
>Jungle Run
>Tracy Beaker
>Blue Peter
>Bamzooky
>School discos where you used to run around and slide on your knees
>Goody bags at birthday parties
>Everyone doing the dance to Steps Tragedy
>Butlins holiday park

>>35756923
>Going onto an MMO for the first time
>The wonder old exploring the world
>Looking in aw as the high level people parade through with their amazing mounts and high level gear
>That super nice person you meet who shows you the ropes
>Your first guild
>Back when everyone had to work together to complete quests and actively looked for teams
>Your first dungeon and the struggle you went through with it and the challenge.

These days MMOs are grind, go in the group searcher, spam super quick instances with random groups with no chatting.

>>35756997
It's that if you create content, you gotta do it for money. It's also difficult to get your stuff out there now that corporations have arrived to over saturate the place and drag people down.

Before people did it as a hobby, to share stories and to improve their skills. Now stuff as simple as playing games on the internet is for money rather than interest.

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>>35754282
anyone recognize this?

i'm not sure how obscure this is

>>35758221
It kind of looks like a Pokemon.