16 Feb 2020
Göteborgs-Posten: What it was like to use the internet in 2000
Göteborgs-Posten (GP), the Gothenburg daily, looks back at the web in 2000. Rickard talks about the modem, the guestbook and why young people today want content to disappear.
Back then you connected with your modem, settled down at the computer and sat there for an hour or two. Today we pull out our phones for a few minutes at a time.
- “On Lunarstorm you could meet your first date in a no-pressure way. Or find someone in Säffle who also liked heavy metal music.”
- In 2000, 60% of Swedes had access to the internet.