I mean those weird and gory YouTube videos and stuff with the blackest humor and seas of blood and a real living soul.
I even re-watched some videos, some from archives, some from open access, and it was magical, a little strange of course, but damn alive. Doctor, I want to go back to the past. And the most important thing is that there was no AI.
Does anyone still remember the times of the 2000s and 2010s?
Edit: Oh yeah, can you also send links to some videos or art or even music that you liked before.
My first exposure to the internet was at a time that I like to call the “early modern internet” (early 2000’s). I do have some nostalgia for that time, but I think times were also simply different.
For instance, there’s just less content on the internet at the time, and whatever content there was was harder to find. The positive is that the internet felt more genuine. Nowadays, I think people have gotten into the habit of self-censoring, presumably at the gentle pressuring of big tech companies, and that has led to even indie content creators producing what feels like safe, corporate content.
My personal belief is that culture is shaped by logistical challenges. The challenges of the early modern internet are not the same as the challenges now. We don’t need to return to a 2000’s-era internet, and I don’t think that’s even possible. But at least we can reintroduce genuineness by resisting corporate influence where we can. Presumably that’s why we’re on Lemmy
Yes, I didn’t even suspect before that such a place existed, because I was constantly busy with work, combining it with creativity, it was quite painful, but now I feel like I’m at home and that same spark of hope has lit up in my eyes again.