I finally wrote it down:

jascha.wtf

The Internet That Proved Her Wrong

A friend who is 20 years younger than me recently asked me what my internet was like back then. The question made me pause, not because I couldn&#0...

ohai.social

tomate 🍅 (@jascha@ohai.social)

I was asked by a 20 year younger friend how my internet was back then. I needed a moment but then I told her the story of an IRC channel and how we...

RSS feeds were and are my constant dopamine hit. Yes, a new entry to read! Email were and are my constant dopamine hit. Yes, they are fighting in that mailinglist. Blogs were and are my constant dopamine hit. Wohoo, the comment section is full of dumb people. Sorry but this „back in the days we were not driven by dopamine“ is just wrong. It was just another experience and with a smaller user base. From: @Joan Westenberg

Mastodon

JA Westenberg (@Daojoan@mastodon.social)

RSS never tracked you. Email never throttled you. Blogs never begged for dopamine. The old web wasn’t perfect. But it was yours.