Name: The Internet Looked a Lot Different 20 Years Ago
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Welcome to another episode of Dear Blocko, the show where I answer questions that you have about your world and my world.

Let's see how different was the Internet 20 years ago?

Well, the Internet has gone through a lot of changes since its conception in the 1950s.

Even going back just 20 years, it was pretty unrecognizable.

For one thing, YouTube didn't exist yet, so neither did I.

And I don't have to tell you how terrible that must have been for entertainment.

In 2004, the the Facebook was just launched.

Back then it was pretty much just a directory of college students.

But it still gained over a million users by the end of the year.

Clearly people were bored and needed to trust this guy.

For a Web browser, about 80% of Internet users chose Internet Explorer.

And the most popular website by far was Yahoo.

With 6.5 billion visits each month compared to Google's less than 2 billion.

Luckily, dial up Internet was already a thing of the past, but

but the average global Internet Speed was still only 1Mbps, which is a far cry from the 100Mbps the world averages today.

I may be biased, but I think it's obvious that today's Internet is way better.

Franny P. Asks, Dear Blocko, what's the biggest virus to attack the Internet?

Malware has been around for as long as the Internet has existed.

It includes any malicious software like viruses, ransomware, worms, Trojans, and

spyware designed to harm a computer or its users while they come in all shapes and sizes.

The most widely spread malware was a virus created in 2000 known as I love you, the love bug, or love letter.

While its name doesn't exactly strike fear in its victims, I love you was the subject line of an email that contained malware in an attachment which once the curious user opened it, the virus would replicate, stealing passwords and deleting files in its wake.

In just 10 days, the virus infected about 45 million computers, or about 10% of those connected to the Internet overall.

Iloveyou resulted in an estimated $10 billion in damages and even caused the Pentagon, the CIA and the UK Parliament to to shut down their email systems.

And now it's time for a question about me and my world.

Dear Blocko, what have all your friends been up to?

Circlia and I got married at our favorite place Blockobel.

She even fought off an alien that crashed the party.

Oh, and in this photo, you can see Triangle Bob fell on the wedding cake.

And in this photo, you can see Greeg trying to eat him.

Speaking of Triangle Bob, he enrolled at Blocktropolis Community Colle to finally get his degree in macaroni art.

But unfortunately he went to the wrong building and now he works as a doctor at the local hospital.

It's been about eight months, and I think he's too embarrassed to really say anything at this point.

Rhombus makes leather jackets for dads who are super into pogo sticks.

The market for that is surprisingly large here in the Life Noggin world.

The original Blocko from the Glitch Monster Saga visits from time to time.

Still, he started a band called Knife Noggin.

And Greeg, well, Grieg keeps throwing up portals.

It became an issue since we don't really know where they go and some things keep falling in.

You know, I should just peek my head in to see what's up.

Looks like a cross section of my world and your world.

And it smells like that pink hand soap you find in some restaurant bathrooms.

So do you have any questions about your world or my world?

Ask your questions in the comments right now and use DearBlocko so I can find it.

It might make it into a future episode of Dear Blocko.

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