Things they've taken away from the internet in recent years

*Andrew NDB* · 11-25-2023, 01:25 AM

* The dislike button on Youtube.

* Message boards from IMDB, specific to movies.

Anything else?

*XERO* · 11-25-2023, 10:10 AM

AIM and YIM. It was how I kept in touch with some of the Dromers here.

All I can think of at the moment since I just woke up. Haha. Will come back if I remember anything else.

Mad Dog McMutt · 11-25-2023, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

* The dislike button on Youtube.

* Message boards from IMDB, specific to movies.

Anything else?

Getting rid of the youtube dislike button was such a dumb idea. Now you can't tell which videos are clickbait without actually watching the video or reading the comments.

*MrPliggins* · 11-25-2023, 11:19 AM

Poking on Facebook. Aol homepages. Twitter's name.

*oldmanwinters* · 11-25-2023, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by MrPliggins

Poking on Facebook. Aol homepages. Twitter's name.

I think the Poke is still around!
https://www.facebook.com/help/pokes/

*IndigoErth* · 11-25-2023, 11:52 AM

I'll never get over hating that most news articles no longer have a comment option.

I mean to a point I get it, people have way too many fights, but I hate when you want to say something about some incident or whatever and you're shut out from any kind of comment or discussion.

A lot of the fun of the internet has disappeared in general. So much of what's out there is just social media-based stuff anymore. A lot of the fun kind of things to play around with either just don't exist, now charge money, or is utter crap that isn't worth it (or the site itself is questionable). It's no wonder that despite the conflicting views on the AI stuff, esp AI generated art, people are having fun with it, because it's along the lines of the sort of things we used to have more of.

When sites like i-am-bored.com still existed and JibJab had a number of free videos you could make, and plenty of other online "toys" were a thing... those were the days.

*Icebot* · 11-25-2023, 02:41 PM

Probably MySpace, or part of it, at least for me. I haven’t been able to access my MySpace page for years.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 11-26-2023, 03:45 AM

A lot of the freedom we all got when the Internet was still young.

11-25-2023, 01:25 AM	#1
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11-25-2023, 10:10 AM	#2
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,063	AIM and YIM. It was how I kept in touch with some of the Dromers here. All I can think of at the moment since I just woke up. Haha. Will come back if I remember anything else. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

11-25-2023, 11:52 AM	#6
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 15,242	I'll never get over hating that most news articles no longer have a comment option. I mean to a point I get it, people have way too many fights, but I hate when you want to say *something* about some incident or whatever and you're shut out from any kind of comment or discussion. A lot of the fun of the internet has disappeared in general. So much of what's out there is just social media-based stuff anymore. A lot of the fun kind of things to play around with either just don't exist, now charge money, or is utter crap that isn't worth it (or the site itself is questionable). It's no wonder that despite the conflicting views on the AI stuff, esp AI generated art, people are having fun with it, because it's along the lines of the sort of things we used to have more of. When sites like i-am-bored.com still existed and JibJab had a number of free videos you could make, and plenty of other online "toys" were a thing... those were the days. Last edited by IndigoErth; 11-25-2023 at 12:06 PM.

11-26-2023, 03:45 AM	#8
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,155	A lot of the freedom we all got when the Internet was still young. Last edited by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan; 11-29-2023 at 06:26 AM.

11-25-2023, 11:19 AM	#4
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,006	Poking on Facebook. Aol homepages. Twitter's name.

11-25-2023, 02:41 PM	#7
Icebot Foot Elite Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: East Coast, US Posts: 3,191	Probably MySpace, or part of it, at least for me. I haven’t been able to access my MySpace page for years.