What was using the internet in the early 2000s like? (lemm.ee)

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What kind of websites did people visit? Were people friendly?

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[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 4 points 6 days ago

It was great. You could search for just about ANYTHING and find it right away. We need to figure out a way to start over.

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

But before Google there was nothing to search. You had to know exactly where you wanted to go and one type left you nowhere. I remember when we got dial up around the mid 90's my dad told me I need the exact web adress, or it's not working. Wild times.

[-] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago

There were also "web rings" which basically amounted to crappy HTML snippets you put on your website, and you'd be in a linksharing ring with other sites of similar topic etc. It was supposed to drive traffic between the sites.

Circa this time there were 10,000 teenage kids with nearly identical Dragonball Z sites, hosted on GeoCities, Homestead, or other free services.