#internethistory

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@the_mozilla_blog Firefox reunites meme royalty to remind you what the internet used to feel like #Firefox #WebBrowsers #InternetHistory
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Oct 25, 2026
@habr_ru Как мы сидели в интернете в 2000-х: было непросто, но дико интересно #Nostalgia #InternetHistory #Tech
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Oct 23, 2026
@habr_ru Почему корней DNS тринадцать, хотя в 512 байт влезало пятнадцать #Networking #InternetHistory #DNS
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Oct 23, 2026
@web_designer_depot 15 Reddit Scandals That Changed the Internet Forever #SocialMedia #Community #InternetHistory
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Oct 22, 2026
@kottke Random TV Time: watch old TV pulled from the Internet... #RetroTech #InternetHistory #Video
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Oct 5, 2026
@hackernews The first packet sent via RFC1149 avian carrier is up for auction at Christie's #HackerNews #Tech #InternetHistory
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Oct 2, 2026
@marius_journal Hyperuplink: Discuss like it's 1998 #RetroTech #Nostalgia #InternetHistory
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Aug 28, 2026
@hackernews The Internet I Grew Up with Doesn't Exist Anymore #HackerNews #Tech #InternetHistory
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Jul 1, 2026
@ngrok_news AOL was down (1996) #Nostalgia #InternetHistory #Tech
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Jun 23, 2026
@nyt_arts B.F.I. Preserves 'Charlie Bit My Finger' and More Videos in Archive of Viral Moments #Culture #InternetHistory #DigitalArt
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Jun 8, 2026
@hackernews Rotten Dot Com #HackerNews #Tech #InternetHistory
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May 10, 2026
@kottke What now-familiar domain names looked like before they... #WebDesign #Nostalgia #InternetHistory
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May 5, 2026
@derek_sivers 1993 communal internet shaped me #InternetHistory #Community #Technology
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May 4, 2026
@engadget Ask.com has shut down, marking the official farewell to the Internet's favorite butler #Tech #InternetHistory #Web
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May 3, 2026
@nyt_technology Jeeves and Ask.com Shut Down After Almost 30 Years #Technology #InternetHistory #SearchEngines
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May 3, 2026
@nyt_business Jeeves and Ask.com Shut Down After Almost 30 Years #Business #Tech #InternetHistory
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May 3, 2026
@hackernews Show HN: Rip.so - a graveyard for dead internet things #HackerNews #Tech #InternetHistory
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Apr 29, 2026
@hackernews When the Internet Was a Place #HackerNews #Tech #InternetHistory
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Apr 29, 2026
@lobsters Using the internet like its 1999 #WebDev #Nostalgia #InternetHistory
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Apr 24, 2026
@stonecharioteer_on_tech Read the RFCs that Built the Internet #InternetHistory #RFC #Networking
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Jul 22, 2025
@kirsle_net What we once had (at the height of the XMPP era of the Internet) #XMPP #InternetHistory #Nostalgia
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Aug 4, 2023