I miss the peace/isolation/deliberateness-of-interaction of the 90s and 2000s internet.
Back in the 90s and 2000s when I was first going online, you had to go out of your way to communicate and interact with people.
Browsing websites was a solitary experience, not a social one where everyone who was in my circle knew roughly what I was up to at all times.
I saved pictures and fic I was interested in to my harddrive rather than immediately and essentially automatically forwarding it (reblogging it) to an entire mailing list (followers).
Chatting with people was deliberate and intentional. I had to specifically open my AIM, or log in to IRC and join the channels I was in.
In order to communicate with people, I had to deliberately open lines of communication.
Being on the internet used to be a quiet, solitary experience for the most part, with interactions being deliberately sought out. You had to choose to go out of your way to interact with people.
I don't hate the way the internet has become more social, but I hate that I'm expected never to turn it off, and to be available at all times.
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