There were no GIFS or hard to download photos and vids, or there were, but not quite as many.
I found myself smiling in amusement when I saw this because it still bugs me on the rare occasions I'm reading a posting board and see this. I have a friend who uses an enormous image as her email signature file and it drives me nuts.
The anticipation time is less.
Very much so. I also didn't see Buffy until S4 because I had no access to a WB station due to a lack of cable. And then due to life stuff I missed most of the season and only saw the end in reruns, I think, prior to S5.
That said I think that there are things today that are still difficult to get a hold of but they're fewer and they're also more eclectic. Chances are back in 2002 we wouldn't even know the thing existed to be missed!
But I was also in fandoms prior to the web and had different experiences with the way they worked. I found it much more canon-oriented because it was so difficult to share fanworks of any kind. So to me truly having a "fandom" and not simply being "fans" was a huge change that I loved.
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I found myself smiling in amusement when I saw this because it still bugs me on the rare occasions I'm reading a posting board and see this. I have a friend who uses an enormous image as her email signature file and it drives me nuts.
The anticipation time is less.
Very much so. I also didn't see Buffy until S4 because I had no access to a WB station due to a lack of cable. And then due to life stuff I missed most of the season and only saw the end in reruns, I think, prior to S5.
That said I think that there are things today that are still difficult to get a hold of but they're fewer and they're also more eclectic. Chances are back in 2002 we wouldn't even know the thing existed to be missed!
But I was also in fandoms prior to the web and had different experiences with the way they worked. I found it much more canon-oriented because it was so difficult to share fanworks of any kind. So to me truly having a "fandom" and not simply being "fans" was a huge change that I loved.