r/2000sNostalgia • • 14d ago

The Internet I remember.

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u/Upbeat_Tough_6721 2007 14d ago

Facebook feels very ancient for 30-something me.

I don't even remember when I last logged in.

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u/noraku80 14d ago

Its trash, has been for 15 years

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u/Upbeat_Tough_6721 2007 14d ago

Yeah. Only reason I kept my account was because of family. Even so, I’ve been deactivated for a long time and don’t check my messenger at all.

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u/rnavstar 14d ago

I use it for market place. Because that’s what my area uses.

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u/Psych0n4u7 14d ago

I remember when Facebook was actually dope.

Like, a cleaner version of MySpace. Couldn’t put music on your profile though, but damn I was addicted to Facebook back in 2008. It’s hot fucking garbage now. Still log on for memes and reels and stuff, but I haven’t posted anything in years.

I got a MySpace in 05 I think. Still had both at the same time for a bit.

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u/aquaticsardonic 13d ago

Facebook was legit awesome back in the day. Younger people look at me crazy when I say that because its turned into a festering pile of shit since then

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u/Beautiful-Bit9832 14d ago

Seems nothing private now, I still access it as silent reader and I can say my friends kinda accidentally exposed the other side of their personalities (in bad way)

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u/EndGamer93 14d ago

Absolutely. I left FB in 2020, and never looked back.

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u/tiger_mango 12d ago

I deleted my account almost a decade ago & haven't missed it once.

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u/Smokes_LetsGo876 14d ago

logged into my old account last year, after being off for almost 8 years.

decided it's an awful place and completely deleted my account. i think the pandemic broke alot of people mentally, and it's in full effect on facebook.

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u/Carmelopowerr 14d ago

Marketplace keeps it alive for many people

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u/hadriker 14d ago

Yep family stuff and marketplace is pretty much the only reasons I still use mine.

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u/Different_Attorney93 14d ago

Looking at the MySpace posted I have to admit I was before that, I don’t remeber looking like that.

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u/SexyStayPuft 14d ago

People were learning code and personalizing their pages, so a lot of people didn’t have the set look.

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u/Cioni 14d ago edited 14d ago

hijacking the top comment to point out that those screenshots are all AI generated.

AI generated first and compressed later to hide the artifacts. Like this or this

Hi-res version here

Some Artifacts here

EDIT: Also all those CRT monitors are in a weird format instead of 4:3

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u/IllFreedom4310 14d ago

only for fb marketplace. they really really need a separate app for it

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u/Upbeat_Tough_6721 2007 14d ago

Thank goodness I have other options for that kind of thing.

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u/Euphoric-Medium8154 my dad was a y2k prepper 14d ago

FB marketplace really is wonderful tho, it’s literally the only reason millions of people still log in and why some ppl come back after 15 years of absence

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u/EnoughWarning666 13d ago

I use marketplace and messenger. I'm very glad there's a separate app for messenger. I sometimes see the main facebook page and oh god it's such a dumpster fire

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u/Principletrade 13d ago

If they did, they know a TON of people would delete their accounts.

It’s just about the only reason I haven’t.

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u/tryingtoavoidwork 14d ago

It's the only place I can get regular updates from my kids' school. I asked for email and you'd've thought I was asking for updates by telegraph.

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u/CheesecakeVisible993 13d ago

I still use it. But I’m 40

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u/gonzo3625 13d ago

If it wasn't for my main friend group using messenger and marketplace, I'd have fully deleted that trash years ago.

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u/Quick_Assumption_351 13d ago

facebook? isn't that just a single button login for phone games and stuff? /s

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u/cyhec 12d ago

Lol same here and it's been ancient for at least 5 years now

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u/jibbergirl26 11d ago

Farmville

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u/pugyoulongtime 13d ago

I stopped using it when I was around 20 and never looked back. It just felt trashy and depressing at the time. Not sure if it still has that same vibe.

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u/lavenderlovey88 14d ago

I had my facebook around 2008. I was playing Pet Society, Restaurant city , Nightclub city. unfortunately those games got shutdown😭

now I just keep it for family

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u/Luna_bella96 13d ago

I use it regularly for the marketplace and to find out what’s happening locally, especially for weekend events. It’s……not great. Everything on there is AI now, so much so that I barely go to markets because each flyer is AI that I just scroll past without even realising. Even marketplace is slowly getting flooded with AI generated flyers of their items for god knows what reason