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1. Modern Industrial (modernindustrial@mastodon.club)'s status on Thursday, 29-Mar-2018 12:48:56 EDT Modern Industrial

   I don't understand what spurred the recent zeitgeist of old web sentimentality.

   "Remember when our souls weren't harvested for cash, you viewed porn one picture at a time, and everyone used the blink tag?"

   1. Adam (inkslinger@mastodon.club)'s status on Thursday, 29-Mar-2018 14:13:32 EDT Adam

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      @Modern_Industrial I don't think people are pining for the bad old days, as much as the days when the web was weird, open and oriented more toward text (though the latter point is debatable...presumably the shift toward video is happening because people want it and those of us who don't are just a vocal minority).

      1. Adam (inkslinger@mastodon.club)'s status on Thursday, 29-Mar-2018 14:15:00 EDT Adam

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         @Modern_Industrial I don't miss the blink tag or ugly websites full of "under construction" gifs. I do miss personal blogs, weird memes and not being viewed as merely a collection of data points for marketers and political operatives.