Why was the late 90s and 2000s the golden age of the internet?

[Bubble99]

Why was the late 90s and 2000s the golden age of the internet?

The late 90s and 2000s was best time for the internet way better than today where the modern internet is really terrible by handful of monopoly websites.

The late 90s and 2000s the golden age of chat rooms, message boards and everyone yes everyone every person making their own website.

We lost this today by the modern internet that is terrible by handful of monopoly websites today.

 

[AL2TEACH]

The late 90s and 2000s was best time for the internet way better than today

Yep, it seemed to be raw, wild and untamed then, lol.

 

[poorcody]

Back then you used to see "IMHO" everywhere. It seems so quaint now.

IMHO, the internet today is much much richer in quality information than it was back then. The problem is it wasn't just the high-quality stuff that came along. If you stay out of the muck, it's still a great experience. That's true in real-life too. Judgement is more important than ever.

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"America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle... It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world." -- from 1989's inaugural speed by George H.W. Bush

 

[Bubble99]

Yep, it seemed to be raw, wild and untamed then, lol.

We can’t talk about politics here but people did not yell and scream or get mad like people do now. And people did not talk much about it in person like today.

I don’t remember political websites back then.

I think most conspiracy stuff and political stuff in the 90s and 2000s was mostly AM radio.

 

[eltoslightfoot]

We can’t talk about politics here but people did not yell and scream or get mad like people do now. And people did not talk much about it in person like today.

I don’t remember political websites back then.

I think most conspiracy stuff and political stuff in the 90s and 2000s was mostly AM radio.

Dude, there were tons of political websites back then. It just hadn't bled over into every other part of the internet.

 

[Bubble99]

Dude, there were tons of political websites back then. It just hadn't bled over into every other part of the internet.

I don’t remember family and friends back then talking about politics like they do today.