People Are Sharing Things On The Internet That Don't Exist Anymore, And I Definitely Remember Some Of These

"No matter what forum you were on, there was guaranteed to be age-old drama that everyone knew, mod infighting, maybe even a rival forum."

Listen: Some of us have been on the internet for a looooong time. Like, long enough to remember a bunch of stuff that used to be around, but isn't anymore.

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U/saif-with-curls recently asked the people of Reddit, "What's something ancient that only an internet veteran would remember?" The answers took me back, and maybe they'll be a trip down memory lane for you, too:

1. "Having a 'computer room.'"

—u/yada-yada-yada_

2. "The dancing baby."

—u/Caboose848

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3. "Netscape."

—u/Decent-Product

4. "Getting internet in the mail."

—u/SpacedApeDHD

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5. "Angelfire and Geocities pages. I remember my friend was fancy and made a page with frames, which now sounds like design hell."

—u/mkicon

6. "Getting booted off the internet when someone in the other room picked up the phone."

—u/AnExpertInThisField

7. "Ask Jeeves."

—u/gravylipstickmachine

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8. "Ebaum's World."

—u/UnexpectedRanting

9. "I remember when Amazon was just an online bookstore."

—u/UnconstrictedEmu

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10. "The hit counter on the bottom of webpages that told you how many people had visited the page."

—u/squashua

11. "The Napster and Lars Ulrich drama."

—u/itsamechproblem

12. " --<-@ 'Here's a rose for all the ladies here.' Man, we thought we were so fuckin' smooth in those chatrooms."

—u/Because_I_Cannot

13. "How about: the sound of dialup??"

—u/Embarrassed_Spell_28

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14. "An internet that didn't have any advertising."

—u/muffles4221

15. "Homestar Runner."

—u/Afraid-Cobbler

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16. "Discussion boards for specific topics. (And not aggregated under the same website like Reddit.) I have fond memories of these. I met a lot of cool people, some of which I'm still in contact with a good decade and a half later."

—u/Bigby11

17. "The Instant Messenger door opening noise."

—u/MetaMarx02

18. "Fuckin' forum drama. No matter what forum you were on, there was guaranteed to be age-old drama that everyone knew, mod infighting, maybe even a rival forum. Some had all of that shit and more. Before the internet was massive, shit was petty."

—u/Doobledorf

19. "Treating chat rooms like real, physical places. Like, with an established setting and stuff. People would narrate what they’re doing in that space as they talked. Usually with a font or marker to designate the action: goes to the table and sips coffee."

—u/CrazyPlato

20. "Badger badger badger badger."

—u/Suspicious_Garlic_79

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Agree? Disagree? Have your own additions? See you in the comments!

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.