When did you start using the internet?

[Bronium 512]

Note, when I say start using the internet, I mean using it daily.

 

1) I started using the internet at the age of 9. I didn't post or really do much.

 

2) Yes. I could have been a hipster using something was going to be a vital part of our history. Also because it's awesome.

 

3) Yes. The moment I get home, I'm on the computer. And I don't get off unless I have to (for bed and school) or for doing some maths.

 

4) SO MANY THINGS. You don't use the internet if you didn't say yes.

 

5) Completely and utterly against all forms of it (including the censorship [don't deny it]).

 

6) When I was nine, I spent most of my time on random sites, but one which I remember frequenting regularly was WWE's website.(I was under the age of ten, so I get a pass on this). I was using it to see the results of any show matches (We got our matches one week late) and made bets with my friends on who was to win. I made like 7 dollars (which is a lot in Sri-Lanka) every Friday . Of course I lost some money in order to put them off, but on average I made my 7 dollars. They never knew, till they were like 11. I got punched in the gut for the first time then as well. I think the two are related.

Edited August 12, 2012 by Bronium

[Zoop 8,384]

I think it was 1996 when my parents first subscribed to AOL.

 

...Yes, I was an AOLer. I stayed true to the stereotype by being a complete and utter moron, and by driving people in the email-based discussion lists I subscribed to up a wall with my childishness.

 

Ugh.

[Dasher 119]

I honestly think I should have done more productive stuff on the internet when I was 3-4 other than playing games in kid friendly sites.

Edited August 12, 2012 by Dasher

[Driz 1,552]

When did you start using the internet?

 

I started using dah intarnatz when I was around 5 or 6 years old. My older sister used to let me use her computer every now and then to play online games.

 

 

Would you have rather started using the internet at another age?

 

Yeah, later in life. So I could be a lot more mature than I was back then... I was such a stupid kid. :|

 

 

Are you addicted?

 

More than the socially acceptable.

 

 

Anything you wish you could have unseen?

 

Some nasty images that I bumped when I was still innocent. The internet is not safe. q_q

 

 

Are you for censorship?

 

No. :>

 

 

Any funny internet stories?

 

No. :<

[Brook 663]

Probably when I was 8 or 9, I had literally nothing to do, so I went on ze youtubes and watched some funny stuff. And then I just surfed from one random site to another, except one blog site called Mype I think, which I blogged on for a few months. And then obviously, ponies, so... I became alot more social when I discovered the fandom.

Edited August 12, 2012 by RiverBankNut

[XUNUSEDXXX 3,459]

the only things i really wish i could have truly unseen are the scary stories and pictures and such. im a real sucker for those things during the daylight, but boy do i regret it at night.

[Winona the Dog 1,981]

I think i started using the Internet as early as 9 years old when i wanted to watch some old anime on my computer. Most people these days will start using the internet when they are 6 or even 7 now due to how modernized we are.

 

Man when i realize how much computer knowledge i've picked up since then.

 

Seriously though i am completely addicted to the internet im fine with that actually because i know everyone has there addictions.

Edited August 12, 2012 by Cluttzershy

[Shiki 5,853]

I hate thinking back to when I was 10 years old.. I was so... stupid. I mean, of course, I was only 10, but still. It's a horrible thought.

 

I'm completely addicted to the internet. Or not even that, but just computers in general, and all that they can do with collaboration between software and computer networking.

 

I've my fair share of nasty, bad things, but I wouldn't want to unsee them. Doing that could disrupt a huge chain reaction, and through the butterfly effect, my life and personality would be drastically altered.

 

True censorship is impossible without creating an extreme kind of counter attack, so it'd be pointless for any kind of censorship to take place on the internet.

 

I have no funny stories, because I was a very serious, boring, wannabe badass little girl, until just about 2 years ago. I never had any fun.. Oh, how I've changed...

[Night Shine 767]

I first became a part of/addicted to internet culture in 6th Grade when I discovered Youtube Poops, Weegee, and Funny Error Videos by Thunderbirds101.

 

EDIT: oh yeah, the questions.

 

I think that was a good time for me to discover the internet; I could handle it by then.

 

Of course i'm addicted. Who isn't?

 

I am for censorship. Because when i discovered porn,

,,,well yeah i wish i could unsee all of that...but luckily i don't look at that crap anymore.

 

not really many funny stories i can remember.

Edited August 12, 2012 by Night Shine

[Crispy 5,563]

Definitely in the minority here, but my house didn't have internet until I was 17.

I had Word and other programs to make school easier, but we weren't connected until 2004.

[Clover Heart 978]

When did you start using the internet?

I was 12. I was born before the internet age, so when I was 12 was around the time the internet really started to take off. Technically, I was more like 9 when I first started using the internet, because we were made to use it at school. (And yes, I said "made" to. It was the internet in 1997. It was a total mess.) And in our home, I think I was 10 or so when we first actually got internet. But again, it was a total mess and not very many websites worth going to. When I was 12, though, is when I started really using the internet and frequenting sites and stuff like that.

 

Would you have rather started using the internet at another age?

No. If this isn't a hypothetical situation where I can change how old I am, then no. Like I said before, before the turn of the milennium, the internet sucked.

 

Are you addicted?

I'm not really sure. I can break myself away from the computer, but I use it at least a couple hours every day. I think it depends on what what your definition of "addicted" is.

 

Anything you wish you could have unseen?

Girl having diarrhea in a hot tub D:

 

Are you for censorship?

No. I think the internet is the final media outlet where you can put up nearly anything and nobody can call you out for it. Obviously, I'm against things that are harmful or illegal (e.g. child porn, death threats, etc.) but for the most part, there shouldn't be censorship on the internet. Beyond the media aspect, though, the consumers have come to the internet as a huge outlet for just about anything and everything. And in more recent years, we've been using the internet more and more as one of our main means of communication. If that's taken away from people, we lose a lot of connectivity with other people and a major outlet for our thoughts and feelings. Basically, this is the internet. If you want something PG, watch some TV.

 

Any funny internet stories?

I'm sure I do, but I can't think of any at the moment.

[PlunderSteed 1,251]

I started using the internet as soon as it became accessible to the masses...sometime around 1996. Memorable internet moments...

 

- The first time I fired up Quake 2 on M-player (a precursor to GameSpy) on a T1 line (4 years before broadband became mainstream)

- The first time one of my game mods got 10,000+ downloads

- What I refer to as "the great Master Cyril April Fools Prank of 2008"

Edited August 12, 2012 by NLR Soldier

[Abstract 831]

I began using the internet when I was 9 or thereabouts, I suppose around 2002. For one reason only; eBay. My parents were so incredibly pissed I found that place, the money I spent... of course, we also had dial-up, so bidding was out of the question. Buy-it-now only for me, and I've stuck with that ever since.

 

I think I was the right age for it, any younger and it wouldn't have had the same impact, and later, well, I would have just been missing out.

 

I certainly used to be addicted. For damn near ten years. In fact, I'd probably still be addicted now if I had at-home access. As poor as I am though, I cannot afford a home connection and I ca only sit in the McDonalds lobby using the wifi for so many hours a week.

 

Who doesn't have things they wish they had not stumbled across? But overall, there's nothing I can pinpoint. (Most people's issue is R34; I say bring it on, the weirder and dirtier the better; my childhood will remain perfectly intact nonetheless.)

 

Funny stories? Well, as mentioned above, I ran up a pretty huge bill on my parents credit card when the internet first came into my life.

 

Also, I am banned from ever having a bank account with Bank of America. Don't ask why, just know the internet played a key part.

[Pinkie D Pie 1,035]

Let us see, started on the internet about 10 using it daily to find games, tons of games. And no I like the age I started using it.

Am I addicted, yes, I spend almost every free minute I have doing something on the internet, such as now, a few minutes before church.

There are a ton of things I would love to unsee, a freaking ton...

And I am against censorship.

Funny storys, well there are a few I could share I guess, that is when I get home, so wait for then.

[Cherry Blossom 863]

That time I was about 6 and my brother introduced me to playing Starcraft. Eventually I got more interested in the magical electronic device.

Edited August 12, 2012 by Octavinyl

[PonyEcho 1,610]

well for me i started using it daily around 2008 when i was 16 and could pay for my own broadband. but i never cared much about it all, an advantage of a lower class background.

[NavelColt 22,876]

1) Anywhere from eleven to thirteen, I can't recall at this point. Probably twelve or thirteen.

 

2) Not really, I think it was a good time to be exposed to it. For the first year or two I didn't really make accounts I just browsed sites like Youtube and DeviantART for cool pictures I liked.

 

3) For better or worse, yes. At least it's more productive than some other things like video games, like what I did all the time before I discovered internet. Now I practice writing skills in stories, leadership skills in forum moderating, etc.

 

4) Yup. The internet corrupted me at an early age, utterly xD

 

5) I think there needs to be a minimum, to keep the stuff from spilling over so to speak, but for the most part, it's on the part of parents to keep their kids offline if they're worried that they'll stumble upon things they shouldn't be seeing, and as for other types of censorship, just no. /lazy

 

6) Can't think of any atm.

[Nah 3,181]

I started using it around age 8, I remember the days of dial up, but then I started using it more around 10-12, and has been an internet citizen and frequent user since I was 16, and yes, I'm addicted to the internet, I sold my soul to the internet.

[KakeiTheWolf 652]

Somewhere around the age of 6 or 7, which would mean around 1999. Stuff was pretty bare bones back then, so there wasn't really much reason to be on earlier.

[Iudex 1,945]

I think I was about 4 when I first used the internet. 7 or 8 when I joined my first forum.

Back when I first used the internet we were still using some outdated 56k modem. So annoying.

[candygirl21489 35]

When did you start using the internet?

When I was 2 and a half. Not kidding. My dad showed me cartoons on his computer, then I started using drawing programs and other stuff. The mouse was bigger than my hand.

Would you have rather started using the internet at another age?

Uhh... no.

Are you addicted?

Yea.

Anything you wish you could have unseen?

'You have gotten a warning point on Canterlot.net' TT_TT

Are you for censorship?

No. 'JUSTINBEIBERCHANNEL' can get a life.

Any funny internet stories?

Yesh.

[Iudex 1,945]

'Anything you wish you could unsee?'

YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

I've been there man, seen some stuff I wish I didn't. *shivers*

 

I voted, frankly, I am surprised somebody voted that they are for censorship. C'mon people, be honest.

[Kapi 213]

1) I had the Internet since I was 8 or 9. I don't remember exactly when. I had Dial-up for quite a bit, but it was good enough for Fox Kids, Bonus.com, which used to be a kid friendly site, and I had my own web page through HomeStead (a free offer through Juno.)

 

2) I think the age I started using Internet was good enough. I kinda wish I had a Dreamcast, or even DSL, but I think what I had was cool, I could still go out to the park, go to the animal shelter, etc.

 

3) Yeah. Now that I have DSL, I've become addicted, but it does get boring sometimes, seeing the same sites over and over again.

 

4) Yes, lots and lots of things!

 

5) I voted no, but I'm kind of mixed. I'm ok with censorship, but I've always felt it should be the site owner's choice, nobody else's. That's the extent of me being ok with it, nobody should be trying to control the Internet.

 

6) Yeah, there's been a few, mostly from when I was younger.

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

I don't quite know when I started using the internet. Early on I used it occasionally when I wanted to search baseball statistics and websites and a few game websites. I never really ventured beyond what I knew of.

 

Around the time of the MySpace craze (mostly girly bitching about how great it was) I started using it a bit more, though I still never ventured far from the websites I knew of.

 

It was probably around 2010 when I really started using it for a wider range of reasons. (I'm a late comer )

[RockinRarity 1,605]

I was around 8-9 when my parents got Internet for our house. This was my oldest brother's first year of high school, and I think the year that my parents had to have email accounts for the school they taught at.

 

My parents had dial-up (obviously, because that was the only thing around at the time), but it wasn't just any dial-up. No, this was Catholic dial-up. It had a filter that you couldn't adjust or undo. It would block webpages that said the word "slut" but not the word "fuck." Which made no sense to me. But anyways, we had this Internet from 1997-2005. D:

 

The very first website I started using regularly was americangirl.com. I remember constantly replying to the Help! (advice) section, and my advice never ever got chosen to be displayed on their webpage. So now you know why I'm constantly in the Life Advice section of this forum.

 

When I was 14, I was really, really into Teen Titans. I wanted to find out more information about them because I wasn't getting my "fix" from just watching the show. I performed a giant Google search and after searching through about 20 pages or so, I discovered FanFiction.Net. I spent the next couple of months reading and reviewing stories that I liked. But I wanted to write my own stories and have my own account. Without my parents' permission, I made my own FanFiction.Net and FictionPress.Com accounts.

 

My dad found out about these accounts a week later because I was emailing people I had met online back and forth. He told me that forwarding emails was forbidden and that I shouldn't talk to strangers on the Internet because pedophiles were around to come get me. He even told me that creepers registered on websites like FF.Net. I somehow convinced him to let me keep my accounts as long as I didn't put any personal information on my profiles. He still got mad at me a few times for forwarding emails and for talking to a couple of people people who were 18+, but fortunately I was never banned from the Internet.

 

Then FINALLY, we got rid of our Catholic Internet and switched to Comcast. Thank goodness.

 

At some point I got a Quizilla account. I made a couple of quizzes, and one of them even made it to the Highest Rated list for a couple of days. However, I got my first exposure of the darkness of Internet users when Quizilla added a Journal feature to their website. I learned about people who had sex and got pregnant, were sexually abused, were depressed, but mostly, people who cut. Yup, the Internet was where I first learned about cutting. I would've learned about it later in high school anyways, but still. Later, Quizilla added forums. This was my very first forum experience and I hated it. Everyone was rude and insulting, particularly about Christianity. I left the site because it wasn't any fun anymore. I also remember there being TV.Com forums, but I only enjoyed those for a little while.

 

FanFiction.Net later had their own forums, which I enjoyed much more. They lead me to another Teen Titans forum with a thread that argued that Robin and Starfire weren't a "childish, stereotypical couple", posted in a thread that insisted that Robin/Raven was more "sophisticated" or "mature." Anyways, I joined that Robin and Starfire forum and had many great memories there. This was when I was 17.

 

When I was 18, I discovered YGO: The Abridged Series. I joined their forums after my first semester of college. There's a long story to that that I have yet to tell, and would take far too long to explain in this post.

 

Then I joined MLP Forums at the ripe old age of 22. And that's where I am today. The Internet has been a journey for me. I know my life would be really, really different without it. I'd be much more naive without it, I know. I think I also would have gone through a lot fewer learning experiences that I desperately needed. And I think that, despite its ups and downs, it has made an overall better person.

 

Am I addicted? I don't think so. Some days I do spend a lot of time on the Internet, but I can live without it. I mostly come to the Internet out of boredom or because I know that I need to check something. I think that once I'm on, I get sucked into it most days, but it's nothing that I don't have any real control over.

 

Anything that I'd like to unsee? Goatse. If you don't know what that is, good. Don't find out. I know that you are curious, but please, don't Google it. It will be one of the deepest regrets in your life.

 

Any funny Internet stories? Tons. Tons and tons and tons. Although not all of them are funny, but I have many Internet stories nonetheless.

 

I keep telling people that I have stories that I would like to tell, but I don't get around to start telling them. I should get to that...