Why is the internet like this?

Here are links to the things we mentioned:Tom Eastman’s tweet that perfectly encapsulates what this episode is aboutHow the blogosphere used to workThis new rating thing YouTube seems to be trying outVideo on Worlds Online, an early chat room with avatarsWhat we mean by walled gardenAnil Dash: The Web We Lost and Rebuilding the Web We LostThat Jurassic Park quoteHarold Innis on the “bias of communications”GeoCitiesIf you like hearing us talk about lost media, there’s more in Episode 21Episode 46 of Let’s Find Out: Marriage and Murder at the MiramaThe deep webInternet ArchiveWayback MachineAdobe Flash Player is dyingThe Ragtag Squad That Saved 38,000 Flash Games from Oblivion BlueMaxima’s FlashpointHeritage Posts on TumblrSarah Z on Onceler x Onceler, we’re so, so sorry.Fallen TitansSarah Z on DashconInternet Historian and Whang!Down the Rabbit HoleStay tuned for Part 2, coming out Sept. 7-ish.Many thanks to our sponsors: Unbelts, maker of the best stretch belts around and our favourite cloth masksEdmonton Community Foundation, maker of The Well Endowed Podcast and presenting sponsor of YEGPodfestThat's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network — Locally grown. Community supported.You can subscribe to us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely.Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg.Do you want a That’s a Thing?! button? Send us your address by Twitter DM or email and we will send you one. Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our showOur theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin.