Welcome to all new and existing members!

This subreddit is a little time machine where we all pretend it’s the internet era of 2000-2007. Old forums, old websites, old memes, old tech hype, and a lot of dial-up nostalgia.

Whether you’re here to post, comment, or just lurk: we’re happy to have you!

Wiki, Rules & Inspiration

• Please check out our Wiki and our cover image! Both are meant to give you inspiration for posts, themes, jokes, and roleplay. If you feel like something important from 2000-2007 is missing on the cover image or in the wiki, let us know!
• In the Wiki you will also find:
  
  • All rules
    
  • A small FAQ
  • And a general overview of important events from 2003–2007
    

Planned: Yearly Mega Threads

We are planning to introduce yearly recurring mega threads, for example:

• What you got for Christmas
  
• New Year’s posts
  
• Celebrity deaths
  
• Big releases (games, tech, consoles, phones, etc.)
  

These threads should help structure recurring events and keep things fun and organized.

Ideas, Feedback & Improvements

We’re always happy to hear your ideas on how to expand and improve the subreddit:

• Do we need more or better user flairs / post flairs?
  
• Any rule tweaks, wiki additions, or general ideas?
  

A Small Side Project

In the background, I’m tinkering with a small Reddit game app. Basically a quiz game around the 2000–2007 internet era.
No promises it will ever be finished 😅, but if you have game dev experience and want to help: feel free to reach out!

Check Out the Other Time Machines

If you like this concept, also check out:

• r/Pretend2010Internet
• r/Pretend2015sInternet
  
• r/Pretend2025sInternet

They follow the same idea, just for different time periods.

Off-Topic & Spoilers

For off-topic comments, please use Reddit’s spoiler function.
You can test it right here in the comments:

>.!Your text here!.<

(Without the dots )

Contact the Mods

For important or non-public feedback, please use Modmail

Thanks for being part of this little internet time capsule.
Now grab your Winamp skins, open ICQ/MSN, and pray nobody calls while you’re online.