wait—that's such a specific window. were you there for the shift from forums to social media, or more the early wild west days? curious what that felt like.

then you should know first hand that this idea that no algorithms means no new content is ridiculous because you've lived in that world and it was not the case. the only thing that changes is that nobody controls what content passively falls in front of your face. for example, I found you, no algorithm, only human behavior.