Reply to Re: The history of The Dink Network
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You're literally a new generation, man! 14 years is a long time. There are still some people around from 2002 - magicman, sabretrout, sexy scratcher, and striker just to name a few.
Also, the overall feel of the site just isn't what it used to be. A lot of the fun seems to have been sucked out and replaced with either relentless trolling, inane commentary on things nobody really cares about, and general lack of actual meaningful, if random, conversation.
I think that's cognitive bias more than anything, really. We were all younger, and of course there were more people and thus more activity, but if you look at the threads from back then... Well. A lot of it isn't pretty.
Also, the overall feel of the site just isn't what it used to be. A lot of the fun seems to have been sucked out and replaced with either relentless trolling, inane commentary on things nobody really cares about, and general lack of actual meaningful, if random, conversation.
I think that's cognitive bias more than anything, really. We were all younger, and of course there were more people and thus more activity, but if you look at the threads from back then... Well. A lot of it isn't pretty.
