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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

An oldie but still relevant

https://www.theonion.com/getting-mom-onto-internet-a-sisyphean-ordeal-1819566480

[–] Twelve20two@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 months ago

Things from that article that really stuck out to me:

  • Not being able to type searches directly into the address bar. This confused me as a child, and I was really excited when browsers started to incorporate the feature
  • Mentioning the use of a pager
  • Knowing that all the photos in the article are of real people and not AI because it's from 2002
[–] dan@upvote.au 4 points 6 months ago

Wow this article perfectly captures the early 2000s experience of trying to teach parents how to use the internet. Internet access wasn't very widespread in Australia yet, and my parents weren't really interested in it and thought it was too difficult to use.

[–] Kolli@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

A good read, thanks!