The internet, Drama, and Physical media: an essay about the internet

PS: this essay is from my spacehey account

So you know this thing called the internet. It's for learning stuff you might be interested in. It's for finding internet buddies and checking what your real life friends are posting. And it's for checking out your favorite creators and see their newest video or post. But people like me are kinda sick of it because of social media, algorithms, and AI. We are sick of subscriptions because they are so money hungry and annoying. We kinda want to get off and live our normal lives and spend time with friends and family.

But the internet wasn't always like this. According to Wikipedia, it was in the making in the 1960s for time sharing of computer resources and was released in America in 1995 (along with Windows 95). The pre-internet was called Dial Up Internet. The home phone had to connect to the home computer in order to connect to the internet so if you picked up the phone while the other person was using the home computer, that other person would be disconnected. It used to be a fun place back when the internet was new. It had ridiculous websites with silly animations and wacky text. It was the wild west of the 90s and 2000s.

Also social media wasn't always bad either. Back then, there was a website called Myspace. Before it was a music website, it was a website where you could find friends and post stuff for your friends. You could also customize your profile to make it look cute or awesome to fit your personality. There was also email and AOL during the time. The reason why now social media feels addicting is because of TikTok. Before TikTok, websites didn't have an algorithm. The thing was when you followed someone, they appeared in your feed. You have to find the creator that you want to watch by searching for that creator. You didn't have a robot guess what you like.

So there is this trend where people would get off their phone and/or delete social media apps for a month or even a year and talk about the benefits they would get from doing it. People are starting to find hobbies. Also people are starting to use CDs, DVDs, and other types of physical media because of nostalgia and that streaming services suck now. People want really own things again. They feel more connected to music when they use a CD.

In conclusion, we talked about a little bit about internet history, social media, and physical media. My thoughts about it? Well I'm into physical media too. I understand why people think this way. The internet does suck in its own ways but there are some parts of the internet that are good. When it comes to the internet, you shouldn't be on the screens too much but not completely get off of the internet (unless if you want to). I hope you enjoyed this essay. If there are mistakes or you want to tell me about your opinions about this essay, let me know. Anyways, have fun! :)