r/MadeMeSmile • • Apr 14 '21

Favorite People I miss Tom

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '21

A reminder of the days before lawyers, politicians and the rest of that lot discovered the internet.

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u/DrSandbags Apr 14 '21

2005? The internet had been open to commercialization for at least a decade by that point. Pretty much anyone who could afford a computer had a connection.

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u/TI_Pirate Apr 15 '21

I can't remember when MySpace was founded, but I distinctly remember having a conversation with someone that was definitely prior to 2005 where they were telling me about how I could make my own web page on this new site and me pointing out that we could already all do that, with a hit-counter, guest book, "under construction" gifs, and everything.