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[โ€“] Pirate@feddit.org 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

We know what the internet would have been without Google and other corporations closing it down because some of us lived it.

It was mostly decentralised niche forums that you had to know the links for, and you'd receive random emails telling you to visit this or that new site. People would also share links around school.

Sure, there was a chance you'd get Chlamydia if you opened the wrong link, but it was exciting and overall the experience was wholesome.

[โ€“] tux0r@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

I had to advertise my first website on paper!