this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2024
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Antique Memes Roadshow

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Giving you the backstory and appraisals of vintage memes!

Submissions should be vintage memes or commentary about vintage memes. Commenters are advised to appraise the internet value and provenance meme antiquities.

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[–] eeltech@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Web 2.0 happened :/

It centralized control to a few large corporations and lowered the barrier to entry for users such that everything became a popularity contest for eyeballs. TikTok, reddit, facebook, youtube, instagram, OF, its all a brainless race for engagement

[–] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Just wait till Web 3.0. We get blockchains!!!!! /s

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

I kinda miss having to visit individual websites to see if they posted any new content/videos. Newgrounds, Squirrelly, Homestar Runner, Stickdeath, thebestpageintheuniverse. Just going to check was part of the fun.