>>108424667>Man... Did i trully miss that stuff?I come to 4chan because it's the most like the anonymity I enjoyed as a child during the AOL era, no persistent identity unless you wished it.
Chatrooms were like even faster, more temporary threads, some full of roleplayers, others spammed with colorful macros. Bots would message you on AIM, "cybering" was the proto-sexting of those days, you could meet anyone and say anything. Just getting onto the internet felt like you were doing something, not simply "always on" at the click of a button, but something you had to dial into and if your connection was shitty (or someone called your house) you would disconnect and rage.
I don't recall seeing anything animated until far later, except for simple shit like the dancing baby gif, because it would take forever to load a few frames.
A simpler time, maybe not a better one, but one I am nostalgic for to be certain.
