josephsh98@lemmy.kde.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat's something you wish to bring back from the late 90's/early 00's internet?message-squaremessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down12
arrow-up1144arrow-down1message-squareWhat's something you wish to bring back from the late 90's/early 00's internet?josephsh98@lemmy.kde.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square123fedilink
minus-squareFleppensteyn@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoWe could create a personal website without having to pay and without giving up personal details. Everything was anonymous. Search engines actually found what you were looking for. No censorship or bad suggestions or trying to sell stuff. Always finding something new and interesting, not being limited to a few commercial websites. People were much friendlier and open to share.
minus-squareTurretCorruption@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoGod i hate how utterly useless search engines are now
minus-squareDizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s why I just use a metasearch engine (a public searx instance). It’s not perfect, but it usually pulls what I’m looking for from the cached web pages of other search engines and doesn’t let them know I’m searching.
We could create a personal website without having to pay and without giving up personal details. Everything was anonymous.
Search engines actually found what you were looking for. No censorship or bad suggestions or trying to sell stuff.
Always finding something new and interesting, not being limited to a few commercial websites.
People were much friendlier and open to share.
God i hate how utterly useless search engines are now
That’s why I just use a metasearch engine (a public searx instance). It’s not perfect, but it usually pulls what I’m looking for from the cached web pages of other search engines and doesn’t let them know I’m searching.