Takahiro Kojima

September 23, 2021

Don’t look back the old era of the internet


Recently I heard some people, especially 40s in Japan, saying that old the era of the internet had been fun. They told that people who used the internet at that time had been able to discuss deep topics(e.g. politics) without flaming and meet interesting people.

They insisted that we should discuss interesting topics constructively like at that time. They believe we could do because it has been realized.

Probably, they did not say wrong things. But it’s boring and bring nothing. The times never go backwards. People don’t even look at old sites, don’t read text, don’t see 30 minutes videos. They prefer comfortable UX, wonderful photos and very short videos.

For many people, the internet is almost equal to social media. Social media must become comfortable platform  because it has a great impact on society. It’s important that not only geeks but also everyone can join it.

Few people think old the internet was wonderful place even now. Even if it was indeed wonderful, almost people are not interested in the era and don’t care about what had been happened there. We are happy talking with my friends or colleagues. We don’t love to talk with people who don’t know each other. Who do want to go back the era?

Rather, the internet have to be used more and more people. Even now, its impact on society is still small. MAU of Facebook is over 3 billion, but, probably you know, population of the world is over 7 billion. Even the largest social media is not used by half the people in the world! Don’t you think the internet isn’t used at all yet?

Althogh some people overestimate the internet, it’s still developing. I believe the internet and technology will be better our lives. Don’t look back. Let’s look at the future.