Today is a world without internet hardly imaginable. In the 2000s, the World Wide Web was still very far from the technology without which we could hardly live today. The scratchy, screeching modem, the characteristic noise when receiving an ICQ message, the first forums and much more are remembered by everyone who actively witnessed this development. Test your knowledge of the Internet of the 2000s now in the quiz:
retro Charm or nostalgic transfiguration?
Of course, “everything wasn’t better” back then, as many people with a glorified view of the past report. Nevertheless, the Internet of the 2000s still had something of its original, chaotic and authentic charm, which with the rise of the platform economy became more and more service-oriented, but also more commercial and a little more boring.
How was that actually when was the first time online? Seven people told us that in personal reports.
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