this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025
1365 points (98.4% liked)
People Twitter
7414 readers
1190 users here now
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
- Mark NSFW content.
- No doxxing people.
- Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
- No bullying or international politcs
- Be excellent to each other.
- Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I don’t remember it that way. To me, it was a minefield of viruses, popup ads, chain mail, and unexpected extreme NFSW content.
Everything improved a bit when browsers started limiting recursive popups and hidden executables on websites, but for much of the late 90s and early aughts, every click was risky. And oh my god the design of things. I was so happy when the tag finally fell out of fashion.
I agree about popups and executables (what an absolutely moronic decision to include that crap in browsers), but all the JavaScript BS and "please let us track you" cookie banners in modern websites is a thousand times worse than any use of or could ever be.
If you had a seizure condition, though…