When was the best time for the Internet? - Forums, videos, people online, etc

[Chicken Lo Mein]

I'd say the early 1960's personally.

 

[No Exit]

2001-2007

 

[Lurkio]

Any time before Facebook became really wide spread.

 

[totse]

1989-2009

 

[L desu]

When I was younger

 

[Franjevina]

Anyone here remembers Minitel ? It was like French version of internet back in 80's .

( yes,there was porn there )

 

[Thumb Butler]

48 minutes ago when this thread didn't exist.

Serious answer, 2002-2006.

 

[dopy]

when smartphones and social media became a thing, everything became normie-fied.

 

[polonium]

Anyone here remembers Minitel ? It was like French version of internet back in 80's .

( yes,there was porn there )

We learned about it in French class at school and then later in college discussing obselete but neat technology

 

[The Last Stand]

Xbox Live days of 2007-2013. Those were the days.

 

[Megatorg]

1990 - 2012

 

[DumbDude42]

before smartphones

 

[Soynificent]

06 to 14 because that's when this faggish culture war wasn't raging.

 

[YourMommasBackstory]

Before marketing got deep into internet systems. Like personalysed ads and all that shit that makes you buy.

 

[Dom Cruise]

The absolute peak would be 2005 to 2010.

2005 and 2006 was when YTMND was at its peak popularity, 4chan was at its best, Youtube was brand new and forums were very healthy and active.

However 2011 to 2013 were pretty good as well, although YTMND had faded into obscurity by that point and 4chan had started to lose some of its luster, but the internet didn't really start to go to shit until of course Gamergate in 2014.

But yeah, 2005 to 2010 would be the absolute peak, it's a shame we weren't able to maintain how great the web was during those times.

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

before the smartphone and facebook became a thing so 2000-2007. the days of looking at flash videos on newgrounds, angry Nintendo nerd on youtube were the best times.

 

[Ligoskj]

1996-2004

 

[albert chan]

For me, it was 2002-2010.

It was the last decade and a half that was sensible enough to make 2020 look like something out of an absurdist fairy tale.

 

[plgfarts]

Before marketing got deep into internet systems. Like personalysed ads and all that shit that makes you buy.

This. Especially considering that I get ads for shit that I JUST FUCKING PURCHASED.

 

[R.A.E.L.]

Early-mid 2000's, by far.