November 14, 2025 at 2:49 pm

A Young TikTokker Got Emotional After She Learned About The Early Days Of The Internet

by Matthew Gilligan

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TikTok/@mukbokyopo

For folks not old enough to remember, the old days of the Internet were pretty great!

It had a Wild West-feel to it, and anything seemed possible.

Fast forward to today, and, well, let’s just say that it’s “different.”

A young woman posted an emotional video on TikTok and she talked about the good, old days of the web.

woman talking to TikTokkers

TikTok/@mukbokyopo

She told viewers, “It makes me so sad to read about Web 1.0. All this **** used to be so good, and all this **** used to, like, mean something positive in the world.”

woman talking to tiktok viewers

TikTok/@mukbokyopo

The TikTokker added, “It’s actually the most heartbreaking **** ever. It’s greedy ***** dominating everything over and over again.”

In the video’s caption, she wrote, “Reading “Life in Code” by Ellen Ullman was truly a ******* game changer.”

Tell us how you really feel…

woman talking to tiktok viewers

TikTok/@mukbokyopo

Check out the video.

@mukbokyopo

Reading “life in code” by ellen ullman was truly a fucking game changer…….. fuck me!!!!! Join cj the x’s book club… lol…… #internet #newyorker #timbernerslee

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And this is what viewers had to say.

This person shared their thoughts.

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Another individual spoke up.

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And this viewer weighed in.

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It was a different time for the Internet back then…

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