>>508310619
You could speak your honest mind more often.
You could be genuine without hiding behind 10 layers of irony.
You could post almost anything without worrying about copyright.
You could find niche sites and forums ran by regular people for regular people.
It was value over profit.
Downsides: It was slow, things would break and there were more viruses.

>>1496485
Nothing ever came close to BF3 for me, I miss it so much it hurts.