Yes. "Anyone can write anything on there! There's no way to trust it." About halfway through high school they started letting us cite websites, and it was a big deal and considered very forward thinking.
I remember my parents and teachers indicating this, and me and my friends thinking “then why do they trust TV, books, etc.?”
This is true; it was a almost a meme before memes existed, as to say "I saw it on the internet so it must be true!", as a way to teasingly highlight how non-credible it was seen at the time.
"Kilroy was here" was a meme before "meme" was coined. I don't think the phrase "before memes existed" has meaning.
Sure. Maybe better if I qualified it with "as they exist as we know them today"
On the internet no one knew you were a dog according to the Net Yorker cartoon
yes. I remember boomers shitting on Wikipedia around 2004, but fast forward to present day and the same people would cite it.