The internet became commercially available in the United States in late-mid-1990s, the country that invented the technology.
I started using it in 2009, but didn't have any of accounts until early-2014.
2014-2025 was a period that I considered as my early days on the internet, during my first eleven years on the network. That time I created a plethora of works and projects, but most of them are now lost.
Early-2026 was a period that I permanently left Web2 platforms and moved to protocols and Web3, owing to Web2's censorship by their illegal systems.
I'm old enough to remember that when there was no internet:
- Bad profiles like WebzForevz or Wuggolo didn't exist.
- Bad content like ElsaGate or disgusting DeviantArt things didn't exist.
- Illegal systems used by Web2 platforms didn't exist.
- Memes like Rickroll didn't exist.
- Online communities like furries, object shows or countryballs didn't exist.
- Good profiles like Lionel Messi's didn't exist.
- Terrible websites like Wikipedia didn't exist.
- Decent websites like Encyclopedia Britannica didn't exist.
- Internet-first works like Inanimate Insanity didn't exist.
- Innovative internet inventions like cryptocurrencies and blockchains didn't exist.
Gen X is the last generation to remember like before the internet.
Migration from physical media to digital media can't solve any digital flaws, as storage drives can fail, which you would lose everything.
#PhysicalIsPreservation #PhysicalMediaIsPreservation