I surf gopher and gemini, so I still get my fix. I like the quirky, idiosyncratic nature of the kind of stuff people just throw on a server. That was what was best about the early web. It was an adventure.
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A lot of what I'd mention has already been said, so I'll add the lack of influencers.
The internet itself.
Get off my lawn.
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The joy of having a landline without caller ID and running like crazy to be the first to grab that brick just to find out that maybe the next phone call might actually be for me, good times