>Do you remember when the internet was human? When a message from a stranger on another continent felt like magic?

I remember the time when the only people on the internet were people who could pay for an expensive toy (a computer) with a keyboard, which they used in the evenings after their education-intensive jobs. Ah, and also naive kids of the same people.

This age is not coming back, because the reason it disappeared is smartphones.

> This age is not coming back, because the reason it disappeared is smartphones.

What about making you social media desktop-optimized?

I arrived well after Eternal September began, but even that looks very rosy-tinted compared to the slop-filled internet of today. An Eternal Sloptember, if you will.