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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Elena Cresci

What are your memories from the internet's bygone days?

Devotees queue for the final Harry Potter book in 2007 – but online, there was just as big a following.
Devotees queue for the final Harry Potter book in 2007 – but online, there was just as big a following. Photograph: Rosie Greenway/Getty Images

Remember a time before Twitter? Before Facebook? The internet used to be a completely different place.

On this week’s episode of Updog, a podcast about the internet, we talk about things we used to get up to on the internet: from angsty LiveJournal blogs and Harry Potter fanfiction to whether or not the stairs in your house are protected or the Narwhal bacons at midnight.

And now, we’d like to hear from you: when you were younger, what did you used to get up to on the internet? Do you understand how One Direction fans feel because you too were part of a fandom? Were you a Myspace celebrity? Or are we just not going far enough back into internet history to cover your internet past?

Whatever web community you were a part of, we’d like to know about it. We’ll use the best stories in a future episode of Updog. Share your stories with GuardianWitness by clicking on the blue button. You can also use the Guardian app, just search for “GuardianWitness assignments.”

Want to follow future episodes of Updog? Good! You can follow us on Twitter @Updogcast and new episodes are posted every week on Fridays.

  • GuardianWitness is the home of reader content on the Guardian. Contribute your video, pictures and stories, and browse news, reviews and creations submitted by others. Posts will be reviewed prior to publication.
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