@molly0xfff in common with others, hard to answer q 3 - I was 16-25 in the time period in question, so equally choice 1 and 2 (which are also the most represented choices in general at the time of writing), so I picked neither
@molly0xfff I mean I probably skew the data being a late comer to the web but certainly its interesting to see what people are saying.
I massively look forward to reading what you write and hearing your thoughts : )
also just trying to not be a total lurker here
@molly0xfff Eek, looks like I was the rare old guy during the "good old days" ('96-'05) of the internet. But, >41 is not old, btw. Old doesn't happen until you're in your late '60s.
@molly0xfff I've had "good old days" in all of those periods (I'm now 43), but I think I peaked somewhere 2012-2016.
Trump's election was traumatic, even though I was not in danger. I did "fine" in 2020 -- but 2021 and 2022 kicked me in the teeth, and while there are definitely ways I think I'm better than I ever was, I'm never quite as content.
@cshlan I answered the first question based on that, but I saw the third question out of context because the default Mastodon UI displays threads from people I follow out of order. So, I answered it based on the text "your good old days".
@molly0xfff I believe I see what you are going for, and I have indeed a personal "good old Internet days" period between 2003 and 2009 when I was in the 21-30 age range, but for me it isn't indicative of the general "good old internet days" that ended more recently for me with the increased availability of text and image generators just a few years ago including with the release of GPT-3.
@molly0xfff I feel lucky in a way to remember a time before the internet was mainstream. I think that’s one of the ways that I can see just how much it changed. Incredible, really.
@molly0xfff all of the above. The very early days were hugely exciting. The late nineties, really powerful possibilities started to open up – that was when I was promoting the Web as cheap client-server Lego. Since then we've seen the relentless growth of corporate walled gardens, which are now the overwhelming experience of the Web for a majority of users. But there are still really exciting ideas bubbling up – #ActivityPub is a great example.
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