Month: March 2023

One of the things that always fascinates me is when internet boomers talk about the old net. Despite all of us being online at the same time almost none of us used the same sites. We were all on different sectors of the internet, back when that phrase actually meant something. Today people will say they’re in different sectors but what they really mean is they’re just zeroing in on certain topics via the same sites. People who focus on different types of drama and where different internet etiquettes are followed call those sectors now. Not to sound too boomery but that’s not a sector. The internet of yore was sectioned off. The few social media sites that existed back then were competing with each other, which kept us split up. Previously I talked about how I made money by flaming people and reporting stores. See, I was in the money making/prize sector of the internet. Sites like Paypup, Swagbucks (who is somehow still alive), and tons more I can’t remember the names of anymore. Last time I also mentioned getting paid to help companies who make high fructose corn syrup. The internet used to be a wild place.