Let's take a trip back to the year 2000, 25 long internet years ago. A year in which Flash websites proliferate, blogging expands, social news sites like Slashdot gain influence — all of this while the dot-com bubble slowly deflates and Napster dominates headlines. https://cybercultural.com/p/internet-2000/ #InternetHistory
(special thanks to Furbland's Very Cool Account™ (npub1uax…25kn) & Stephen Dioxide :TwinPines: (npub18dr…hhph) for suggesting Homestar Runner, the perfect Flash website suggestion for that year!)
Richard MacManus
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