- Do You Remember - why going online is called “browsing” in the first place?
- It Was Because Of - directories like Yahoo! in the early days of the Web.
- Back Then, Going Online - felt like you were truly seeking out information
- Instead Of - having algorithms feed you predetermined content.
- #browsing - felt like exerting a sense of agency
- Over Which Things - you could choose or nor choose to view.
- Yahoo! Directory - didn’t steer you towards one site or another.
- Instead - they showed you everything they had indexed, and let you make the decision.
- Web, The - felt more navigable back then, and less like drowning in a sea of cacaphony.
- It Also Felt - more intentional, not like you were being shown things you didn’t want to see.
- #search - engines eventually provided a more tailored approach to exploring the Web
- But We’ve Lost - a sense of active exploration in the process.
