/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8848040
>The actual problem with the internet: fewer people used it, but also that you had nothing to do on it
These were it's virtues
It stayed like that until big business with flawless design and marketing took over.
Before that it was a place for niche interests.
There was no need for average people to be online.
It still wasn't tailor-made around regular people to make them burn all their dopamine, buy useless shit and scroll on forever. It was often boring.
Sincere enthusiasm by those who ran a website often meant that websites looked garbage but they didn't give a shit since all they wanted their website to be was to become a part of some obscure webring. It was exciting enough to be online.
It wasn't meant to spy you out, or hack your brain
It was made by enthusiasts and utopians and you could tell.
You still had to have a life outside of being online since irl was the default. It's GOOD that the internet was boring.
Social Media is absolute cancer