[oliwarner]

The version of doom scrolling then was refreshing threads on your common-interest forum. Or staring blankly at the screen waiting for the next chat message.

Chat obviously still exists but… I don't know. Discord et al don't feel like the IRC channels of yesteryear, but I don't know why. Not having to battle nickserv? Too much external media?

Perhaps speed is part of this. On a 56k, with 30kbps down, you couldn't rush around. Everything in the process came with load times. Forced meditation.

I miss it.