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   Molly White (molly0xfff@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 06:20:14 JST Molly White

   If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the #web, what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days?

   No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 06:20:13 JST silverwizard

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     @molly0xfff unauthed commenting and fast nevigation of small pages
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     Phil in SF (kingrat@sfba.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 06:52:35 JST Phil in SF

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     @molly0xfff I miss things not having chatbots and LLM features. I miss not having everything be driven by engagement algorithms. I'm happy enough to have my music streaming recommend music based off what I like/listen to etc. But boy oh boy do I not want aggressive engagement for my news, social media, videos, etc.

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 08:59:09 JST Joe Ortiz

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     @molly0xfff I miss the competition between services and websites especially in the Web 1.0/2.0 days. That was fun times.

     Today there's monopolies everywhere you look. :(

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     Sarah Jamie Lewis (sarahjamielewis@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 10:14:16 JST Sarah Jamie Lewis

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     @molly0xfff

     Mostly I miss:

     - the large number of semi-public topic-focused spaces (e.g. irc channels, forums)

     - the large number of content-deep websites run by individuals / small groups - and the search engines that indexed them and made them discoverable

     (approx: late 90s early 00s, falling off in 06-07)

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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2024 02:18:25 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     I miss the days when the web was for sharing rather than for consuming and controlling.
     I miss the days when it was common sense to avoid running code downloaded from strangers. now we have javascrippled websites that won't work unless you betray yourself and common sense
     I miss the days when we could automate mechanical/boring web tasks, when remote bots would not refuse to share information with our bots just because we're using bots. now they insist in only talking to humans, turning us into their servants instead of serving us
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