by microgpt 13 hours ago
When did you grow up? The internet in 2006 and 2026 were nothing alike.
Heh, yeah, kids in 90s and 00s were asked a/s/l from the outset, openly.
That's not happening like this, also because peer and public tolerance for it is nearly nil.
The internet now is much safer.
As a child circa 2000, I remember seeing explicit bestiality porn pop-ups while looking up video game cheat codes. You're right, the internet is much different now, and not in the way you're implying.
Oh my God, this.
Kids are safer today.
Safer from shock images? What about the psychological manipulation stuff, you know, the actual dangerous stuff?
If a preteen sees a horse fucking a human they won't even know what that is.
Notice you didn't answer the question btw
Yeah, the 2026 internet is way safer
The internet in 1986 and 1996 was nothing like 2006.
2006 is on the other side of the event horizon of "Don't be evil."
Idk about that one chief, maybe 2016 was tamer than that, 2006 was still wild.
By 2006, you already had Google, Amazon, and Facebook outpacing their competition. Apple was riding iPod success and just about to launch the iPhone.
Imho, that's well into the re-centralization of the internet and tech landscape.
Rewind another 10 years, and I'd call 1996 wild. That's before XMLHttpRequest/AJAX and when a cat could create as impressive of a website as any corporation.
Go on...