Random Poll of the Day! (703)

[Kor]

I only got around to realize the true "wonders" of the internet in my second to last year of high school. It also kinda started when I began to search anime online and I was like "OMG you can find everything on the internet".
So that was in 2008.

[PhoenixTears]

Uhhh, probably 2000-2001ish.

[aly_angelflight]

Somewhere between 2001 and 2003. Not really too sure.

[Commi-Ninja]

I'm guessing around '01, since that's when I really started to have projects that required research.

[Memesu]

2008

[kei]

Uhhh, probably 2000-2001ish.

^ Same here.

[Akonyl]

2000. I was talking to a friend at the bus stop about how I was stuck in a game, and he said "you should check out this site, it's called gamefaqs". I thought he was bein stupid because FAQs weren't gonna help me out here, but then I went to the site and saw the walkthroughs and was like "whoa".

Then I found out that the site had message boards, joined, and that's how my addiction to the internet started :V

[doublemoonlight]

2000ish

I remember back in late 1990's around about 1998~1999 internet so sucked that most advanced form for chating was windows MSM... but then what would I know when I was but a little kid back then... * falls into nostalgia.

[dilbertschalter]

2000. I was talking to a friend at the bus stop about how I was stuck in a game, and he said "you should check out this site, it's called gamefaqs". I thought he was bein stupid because FAQs weren't gonna help me out here, but then I went to the site and saw the walkthroughs and was like "whoa".

Then I found out that the site had message boards, joined, and that's how my addiction to the internet started :V

similar progression here with a friend recommending gamefaqs, though it wasn't gamefaqs itself for me- as i was never a fan of their forums, but it was there that found a great forum (a fire emblem discussion forum) that was where i really got into the internet. downloading stuff on limewire was a revelation as well when i first did it, as ridiculous as downloading a song in 30 minutes feels today.

[Stopwatch]

Sometime around 2010/11 I guess...
Wasn't really that interested before that, though I'd used it for homework and stuff. Would've said 2009, but even though I started spending more time on it then I only really stuck to certain websites so that doesn't count :x.

I'm the latest to uncover The Potential then? D:

[Hime-Chan]

Around 2006, we had internet this year^^ and I discovered fanfictions, and tv shows, in English yehawww

[Aokochan]

2008-2009, I think

[ranger]

2000. I was talking to a friend at the bus stop about how I was stuck in a game, and he said "you should check out this site, it's called gamefaqs". I thought he was bein stupid because FAQs weren't gonna help me out here, but then I went to the site and saw the walkthroughs and was like "whoa".

Then I found out that the site had message boards, joined, and that's how my addiction to the internet started :V

similar progression here with a friend recommending gamefaqs, though it wasn't gamefaqs itself for me- as i was never a fan of their forums, but it was there that found a great forum (a fire emblem discussion forum) that was where i really got into the internet. downloading stuff on limewire was a revelation as well when i first did it, as ridiculous as downloading a song in 30 minutes feels today.

ahh, limewire.  I remember how sometimes you'd accidentally download a clip of some Bill Clinton impersonation.

[Akonyl]

2000. I was talking to a friend at the bus stop about how I was stuck in a game, and he said "you should check out this site, it's called gamefaqs". I thought he was bein stupid because FAQs weren't gonna help me out here, but then I went to the site and saw the walkthroughs and was like "whoa".

Then I found out that the site had message boards, joined, and that's how my addiction to the internet started :V

similar progression here with a friend recommending gamefaqs, though it wasn't gamefaqs itself for me- as i was never a fan of their forums, but it was there that found a great forum (a fire emblem discussion forum) that was where i really got into the internet. downloading stuff on limewire was a revelation as well when i first did it, as ridiculous as downloading a song in 30 minutes feels today.

ahh, limewire.  I remember how sometimes you'd accidentally download a clip of some Bill Clinton impersonation.

limewire: The program that teaches kids that many phrases they think innocent are far from it.

[ranger]

2000. I was talking to a friend at the bus stop about how I was stuck in a game, and he said "you should check out this site, it's called gamefaqs". I thought he was bein stupid because FAQs weren't gonna help me out here, but then I went to the site and saw the walkthroughs and was like "whoa".

Then I found out that the site had message boards, joined, and that's how my addiction to the internet started :V

similar progression here with a friend recommending gamefaqs, though it wasn't gamefaqs itself for me- as i was never a fan of their forums, but it was there that found a great forum (a fire emblem discussion forum) that was where i really got into the internet. downloading stuff on limewire was a revelation as well when i first did it, as ridiculous as downloading a song in 30 minutes feels today.

ahh, limewire.  I remember how sometimes you'd accidentally download a clip of some Bill Clinton impersonation.

limewire: The program that teaches kids that many phrases they think innocent are far from it.

huh, like what?

I don't really know when I learned of the potential of the internet - it was a gradual progression that still goes on to this day; every year I learn something groundbreaking that changes how I use the web.