what do you miss about the mid-90's internet?

[iamaelephant]

I don't know what people are talking about, there were plenty of advertisements on the internet in the late 90s. Sure, not as many as now but still plenty.

There really isn't much I miss about those times, everything is just so much better now. I can't think of anything I did on the internet in the 90s that I can't do now, only in a much more powerful way.

Actually, now that I think about it I miss the absence of MySpace and other social networking crap.

 

[loup garou]

God, I miss the deals!!!

I'd go back to dialup to get the hot deals they used to have.

 

[JRich]

AOL 2.0

 

[Slick5150]

Yeah, the hot deals were definitely the main thing. I still have some DVDs from the 800.com 3 for $1 (33 cents each) deal, a number of reel.com deals, and the abundance of $50 off $100 Amazon coupons that could be reused at will.

Good times those were

 

[EKKC]

Originally posted by: HN
hot deals -- reel.com? valueamerica? :laugh:

free $100 x 100 accounts FTW!!! :laugh:
got my dreamcast for $100 near launch! the good old days!

 

[RollWave]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: madworm
anyone ever played zork and online mIRC stuff?

I had a crush on a guy who was addicted to that kind of IRC gaming.

 

[necine]

Good discussions on MIRC, deals, no ads, simple sites.

 

[pookguy88]

Napster, the original

 

[randay]

I miss winnuke.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: rnp614

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: madworm
anyone ever played zork and online mIRC stuff?

I had a crush on a guy who was addicted to that kind of IRC gaming.

he was sexy, in that 'computer nerd sexy' kind of way

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

All the different ad bars. Getting paid to "surf" the Internet while actually sleeping.

 

[timxpx]

instead of forums, everyone was in chat rooms. on aol.

 

[flexy]

browsing websites with gopher from an unix-shell

Priceless

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: pookguy88
Napster, the original

:thumbsup:

I also miss the lack of intrusive Flash advertisements.

 

[neutralizer]

Audiogalaxy. That place was awesome for getting music really fast.

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: madworm
anyone ever played zork and online mIRC stuff?

M.U.D.

Sure...this was actually my first encounter with teh intarnet !

Telnet into a MUD...funny thing is...my account there is still active

This was before i even knew what the web ist....respective it didnt even exist yet

 

[FiddleDD]

I miss no internet software registration...

 

[silverpig]

Flooz!!!

 

[Anghang]

using Superpak script on IRC to boot people, I don't recall 100% but it went something like this whenever I booted someone:

anghang has changed his nickname to raiden
raiden raises his arms to the sky and energy flow into his veins.
raiden points his finger at ALIAS and releases a bolt of energy.
*Zot!!!*
raiden has kicked ALIAS from #channel *FATALITY*
raiden loves the smell of burnt flesh. *HaHaHa*
/msg ALIAS *FATALITY*
raiden has changed his nickname to anghang

 

[Kev]

Using "progs" on AOL and "punting" people.

 

[astrosfan90]

Hotmail before MSN when you could still get whatever name you wanted and didn't get spammed to kingdom come.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: astrosfan90
Hotmail before MSN when you could still get whatever name you wanted and didn't get spammed to kingdom come.

hotmail when it didn't belong to M$.

e-groups before it was purchased by Yahoo and became Yahoo groups.

 

[Golgatha]

The lack of Intellitext or ContentLink double underlined BS (OMG I hates the pop up bubbles when I'm scrolling down a page...moving the mouse cursor to avoid the minefield of ads is almost a game in itself now). I also remember when Flash was used mainly for fun cartoons instead of invasive corporate ads.

 

[uhohs]

when everyone was still on icq.

 

[JS80]

Hotline.