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plushifoxed King Yoshi creepy-cute Mood:  Level: 119      Posts: 3785/3985 EXP: 18411333 For next: 517958 Since: 08-22-07 Pronouns: it/its or she/her From: kamihama city Since last post: 33 days Last activity: 3 days |
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| Q 風のノータム Level: 105  Posts: 2902/2986 EXP: 11963325 For next: 298935 Since: 08-03-07 Pronouns: she/her From: Nowhere Since last post: 38 days Last activity: 1 day |
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I'm glad you were able to return and reflect on all that. It can be difficult to see your past self with such clarity, but I think it's good to recognize how far you've come since then. A lot of us have changed over the years too, but it's nice to see so many of us are still here after all that time and change.
Welcome back. ____________________
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| Xkeeper Level: 263  Posts: 23358/25343 EXP: 296649302 For next: 2311151 Since: 07-03-07 Pronouns: they/them/???????? Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 15 hours |
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despite everything,
it's still us. honestly, and this is probably silly, but if anywhere still used the "live the fun posting experience" motto in the current era, i think that one would make for a much more somber, fitting motto despite everything, it's still us. ____________________ (Lv 244 with 229635295 EXP) |
Rambly Level: 106  Posts: 2083/3083 EXP: 12563904 For next: 108039 Since: 07-22-07 Pronouns: she/her Since last post: 267 days Last activity: 251 days |
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hi
if you even remember that i existed, um... sorry i was so flighty and so generally not nice for that time i seem to recall that i yelled at you over twitter once; i don't remember what over? i might have softblocked you during that whole mess when people were fighting. if i did, then i'm sorry. that whole era was a whirlwind of me being just... confused and depressed and not knowing who i was, and it's hard for me to remember the details of the time, partly because i barely internalized what was even going on around me, and partly because i'd rather not remember the kind of person i was back then anyway, we're here now. this place is still here. it's bittersweet. ____________________ |
| plushifoxed King Yoshi creepy-cute Mood: Level: 119 Posts: 3786/3985 EXP: 18411333 For next: 517958 Since: 08-22-07 Pronouns: it/its or she/her From: kamihama city Since last post: 33 days Last activity: 3 days |
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| Xkeeper Level: 263 Posts: 23358/25343 EXP: 296649302 For next: 2311151 Since: 07-03-07 Pronouns: they/them/???????? Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 15 hours |
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i'm just glad that, despite everything, this place is still here. it's kind of somber, in a way, how things have gone — but given the nature of the internet, it isn't much of a surprise. i liken it to parks and recreational centers and malls. while they used to be hangouts for a lot of people (supposedly...), in recent decades they've kind of just dried out, as people tended to stay inside or just... not go out in public like that. it's easier to stay in touch over cell phones and facebook and the like versus having to go meet up somewhere, after all, much like it's easier to stay in touch by just dropping posts on twitter or discord or whatever as opposed to writing long blocks of text like this.
but it's nice. ____________________ (Lv 244 with 229740869 EXP) |
| plushifoxed King Yoshi creepy-cute Mood: Level: 119 Posts: 3790/3985 EXP: 18411333 For next: 517958 Since: 08-22-07 Pronouns: it/its or she/her From: kamihama city Since last post: 33 days Last activity: 3 days |
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| RanAS Member Level: 55  Posts: 488/842 EXP: 1281282 For next: 32907 Since: 10-10-14 From: São Paulo, Brazil Since last post: 21 days Last activity: 23 hours |
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I never got to live in that era of the internet and I still wish I could've. It's like, I feel nostalgic for a time that didn't even exist for me. Even though I wasn't there, I can still picture what it was like, and then I realize that I've missed out on it.
 ____________________ "The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear." --Ram Dass 
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| Xkeeper Level: 263 Posts: 24656/25343 EXP: 296649302 For next: 2311151 Since: 07-03-07 Pronouns: they/them/???????? Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 15 hours |
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nice thing about the old internet is that it waits for you. it isnt gonna come knocking on your phone. it doesnt go "hey we missed you you havent logged in in 4 days". it doesnt go "you didnt log in yesterday but you can pay us $5 to keep your streak alive
 ". it doesn't notify you every time someone looks at your posts. it doesn't shove things you "may have missed" in your face.you can come to it and enjoy it on your own terms, when you're ready, and when you're done, you can leave. it's there when you want it, but it isn't imposing. you have to choose to be a participant. and even if you don't come around often? at least for places like this, it'll remember where you were. you can bookmark a specific page and it'll always be there. it's not buried under infinite scrolling, or constantly updating, or invisible if you aren't looking at the right time. you can choose when to come back and finish it. it's kind of a double edged sword. on one hand, there's nothing keeping someone here. if you forget about it for a while, it's just gone. nobody can reach out to you on it and go "hey, you ok?". but on the other hand, you're free to just... leave. you aren't being reminded of it. you aren't obligated to show up. you can come in when you want, wave, sit down, chat, then get up and go about your day. and control. on social media, it's just a firehose. you get whatever people post. you follow someone because they post cute art or are supportive, but you also get all the other stuff they post. politics. rage. sadness. maybe their account gets hijacked and they post some spam or some horrible shit. here, for the most part, you can choose what you want to view. if they make a thread to post cute art, you can be pretty sure you're gonna see cute art in it. if there's a thread about politics or the latest american disaster, you can just. not open it. you can choose to view it when you're ready. it'll be there. i guess in a way, the old internet was about respecting the user, and requiring explicit consent in a lot of ways. the modern internet and modern social media is all about guessing what you want. there's no "no", there's only "maybe later". ... that last point makes this so much more uncomfortable. ____________________ (Lv 250 with 249190551 EXP) |
| Halian Level: 75  Posts: 484/1473 EXP: 3717078 For next: 109826 Since: 06-20-10 Pronouns: he/him From: Central Florida Since last post: 134 days Last activity: 114 days |
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I miss the old Internet. :<Originally posted by Xkeeper mood ____________________ Layout by Maple. Hoennese Realm Safir Alliance |
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