n0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareIs lemmy now what reddit used to be 10+ years ago?n0cte@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoShit, I remember Fark. Which was basically what reddit was when it started, fark just stayed that way. I think it’s even still going…
minus-squaresuperduperpirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoI never had a Fark account but I remember following them religiously. I remember something about them crowdfunding an arena name for a day about an unsolicited finger in the ass.
minus-squareintelisense@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoPfft, kids these days - I remember usenet.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoDamn, skipped right over Slashdot.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoTry to tell a kid about BBS boards nowadays and they start singing about something called a BBL Drizzy…
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoMy local BBS was great, but when the provider became an ISP, the BBS became a ghost town because everyone went to IRC and Usenet. That ISP was also the local jerky company. Dad made the Jerky, son ran the modem pool. I miss the 90s.
Shit, I remember Fark.
Which was basically what reddit was when it started, fark just stayed that way. I think it’s even still going…
I never had a Fark account but I remember following them religiously. I remember something about them crowdfunding an arena name for a day about an unsolicited finger in the ass.
Pfft, kids these days - I remember usenet.
Damn, skipped right over Slashdot.
Try to tell a kid about BBS boards nowadays and they start singing about something called a BBL Drizzy…
My local BBS was great, but when the provider became an ISP, the BBS became a ghost town because everyone went to IRC and Usenet.
That ISP was also the local jerky company. Dad made the Jerky, son ran the modem pool. I miss the 90s.