Reminiscing on the old internet

One of the benefits of being born in the early-mid 90s is living the first days of the 'Write' era of the internet, when publishing was democratized.

I recently began reading Read Write Own by Chris Dixon, which took me on an emotional rollercoaster of recalling all of the social media platforms that arguably shaped who I am today.

The book begins by summarizing the history of the internet and takes you down memory lane of when it all started, what platforms survived, died, thrived and ultimately cont…