• accideath@feddit.org
      2·
      2 hours ago

      It’s still a thing. I gotta listen to my granddad regularly that he wishes the internet was more like the teletext.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    15·
    7 hours ago

    Microfiche was a thing when I was in elementary school in the 80s. They taught us to use that and to use the Dewey Decimal System. Cue the meme of the guy holding the “I learned cursive for no reason,” sign.

    I’ve been typing for so long that I have the handwriting of a child. It was never terribly legible. Now it’s like I’ve had a stroke.

    Anyway, cool throwback.

  • weariedfae@sh.itjust.works
    35·
    8 hours ago

    Insert picture of a modern newspaper page with 3 visible sentences of text and the rest is begging for subscriptions, sponsored content, straight up ads, and other bullshit.

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
      18·
      8 hours ago

      Old newspapers were filled with ads too. The only thing that makes current ads obnoxious are the pop up’s, video, and JavaScript tricks.

      • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        5·
        6 hours ago

        Old newspapers also didn’t have ads breaking up the articles. None of this “ad between every paragraph” bullshit for the ancestors!

        • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 hours ago

          The did it with “continued on page 10”. This forced you to flip through several pages of ads to get to the rest of the story. It wasn’t just on the front page. They did it inside as well.

          • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            2·
            2 hours ago

            Yes, but that was generally because stories don’t always fit nicely on a page. I’ve seen plenty of old-timey newspapers and laid out a few modern ones. It’s all about what fits on the page.

      • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        8 hours ago

        Well that’s not the only thing that makes them obnoxious, but it’s a huge contributor.

      • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
        6·
        7 hours ago

        Also, newspaper writers were paid like shit. E.A. Poe was the editor of a fairly big newspaper and a published author (though not very sucessful except for The Raven) and was still constantly on the verge of financial collapse.

  • SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org
    13·
    10 hours ago

    Wow, I misread “HM” as “HAHA” and had a different expectation of what the bottom text was going to be

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    9 hours ago

    … and instead of reputable journalists and independent organizations printing our news for us on the television … ANYONE with a pulse and a grade ten level of writing skill can publish anything for anyone to read … and the evolution after that will be that ANYONE with access to a computer can use Artificial Intelligence to publish an entire feature news story out of thin air promoting whatever idea, theory, belief or information they want regardless if it is true or not and no one will be able to tell the difference.