Back when the internet was a nice place, I mean years 1999-2010, it was full of websites managed by individuals. Each site was different, some were pretty-hideous, quite frequently with unusual knowledge and curiosities. It was so much fun to Google them (Google was a damn good search engine back then too). Most people knew how to use FTP to upload a basic HTML page.

Now it's an expert level knowledge, especially amongst younger generation. Private websites are nearly extinct, thanks to (and not only) Google and SEO cancer.

Corporations like Meta are scared of people taking control over their own data, so they put lots of effort into making the content creation process as brainless as possible.

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leakycap 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Back when the internet was a nice place, I mean years 1999-2010

By 1999, Internet Explorer on Windows had over 95% of the web browser market. Modems were 56K. This is not comparable to the web in 2010, much less the web today.

You're experiencing nostalgia - it isn't factual, though.

> Private websites are nearly extinct

I wonder what these password managers are all about, then?

> Corporations like Meta are scared of people taking control over their own data, so they put lots of effort into making the content creation process as brainless as possible.

How exactly does Meta have any role in the ease or difficulty of content creation? Last I checked Meta makes zero of the top content creation tools and is mostly an ad company.

	▲	a5c11 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		> You're experiencing nostalgia - it isn't factual, though. Is this a universal argument against "something was better"? Yes, many things were better in the past, internet included. Now we do things faster, cheaper and worse. > I wonder what these password managers are all about, then? Have you ever seen a private website requiring you to register? I haven't. If it does, then it's another sign of how we break simple stuff. > How exactly does Meta have any role in the ease or difficulty of content creation? Last I checked Meta makes zero of the top content creation tools and is mostly an ad company. Idk, maybe take a look how Facebook and Instagram work? Posting is super simple, just a few clicks and it's done. So effortless that any brainless individual can do that. People forgot how to do that without those platforms. Even MySpace required some basic knowledge of site building.

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alex1138 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Brainless as in "We'll just make an account for you"