Reasons Why the Old Internet Was So Much Better
(My Opinion)The items in this list have been selected by the author of the list for you to vote and comment on.
The Top Ten
Most websites had personalities and customization
Especially on MySpace, where you could customize your page by learning CSS coding.
Yeah.
YouTube was a place for fun and creativity
2017-2019 really screwed YouTube HARD. Thanks, Susan, and your replacement puppet as well.
And now it's just a dumpster fire with the crappy new layout, the 2019 COPPA update, double ads, and restrictions on what you can say.
Pre-2020 YouTube was awesome.
Instead of Facebook, we had MySpace as the Social Media king
MySpace >. Facebook.
We had no Twitter dumpster fires of offended people
I kinda want to go back to the old internet. Waiting 10 minutes for AOL to boot up is better than dealing with people getting offended over stupid crap.
TheTopTens didn't exist yet
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The games we played with heavy nostalgia (even if most of them don't hold up)
Things only become nostalgic after years.
We loved to dislike George W. Bush
Only a few trolls, but hardly anyone got easily offended (Except for the Hot Coffee controversy)
Many Nostalgic YouTubers such as FRED, Smosh, AVGN, LonelyGirl15, and many more
Windows XP
Windows 7 was also pretty good.
The Contenders
No Cancel Culture