alt Hacker NewsI used to google my unique internet aliases from my preteen/teenage years and find a trove of my posts across forums and websites.
In my mid 20s I’d remember to do it especially when stoned for that nostalgia hit but also for that sentimental hit you feel when viewing your younger self’s writings.
Those same google searches two decades later have almost zero results. All the forums and websites are dead except a few odd ends like Newgrounds and WickedFire.
Wish I saved them when I had the chance.
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I've been in using the same alias since 1995. (COM port 2, where modems used to be at)
My pre Internet alias was comkid but that was super common online and not available when I first signed to for AOL back in 1995!
All I get are copied and pasted yahoo answers. Only a few , well one forum remains.
On the other hand, when I was a teenager, some friends posted content referring to me with pictures on a popular local platform at the time.
I either lost contact with those friends or they lost access to their account, so I tried multiple times to get the platform to remove the content about me, they wouldn't do it, despite all the proofs I could provide them with.
The day I heard that they were finally going out of business was quite a relief.
But contrary to you I made copies of this content, part of it during my attempts to get the platform taking it down...