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R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

@bastianallgeier

Man, I totally forgot how DMs worked back then.

Also, I used the SMS gateway like crazy with my flip phone.

That was super amazing.

Don't forget that retweets were literally copying the tweet, hitting reply, putting "RT " before the @, and pasting the original tweet after the mentioned username.
THEN you had to creatively shorten it, because you just added about a dozen characters to the original.

Also, no threads. Mentions were just mentions.

8 Nov 2022 at 16:24 | Wall-to-wall | Open on fosstodon.org
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Bastian Allgeier
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

@bastianallgeier

I'm pretty sure hashtags were invented because there WAS no twitter search.

Oh, also no twitter images or videos! haha!! Twitpic came about and eventually #BirdSite bought them, IIRC.

Also, man, really wide open APIs. I miss those days. I never used them directly, but I benefited from them in many ways.

8 Nov 2022 at 17:24 | Open on fosstodon.org
Peter G4MJS

@RL_Dane @bastianallgeier You could get an API feed of the whole platform. Everything everyone posted.

8 Nov 2022 at 18:44 | Open on mastodon.radio
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:

@g4mjs @bastianallgeier

YES! And for a totally open platform, that was ok!

Now everything is so locked down, even bibliogram (instagram front-end alternative) had to shut down and quit development. Ugh :(

I loathe the modern web.

8 Nov 2022 at 19:08 | Open on fosstodon.org
Peter G4MJS

@RL_Dane @bastianallgeier Mentions weren't a thing for a long time either.

8 Nov 2022 at 18:43 | Open on mastodon.radio
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