Cybertown.com. So much ahead of its time. 3D social network using VRML through a browser plugin called Blaxxun Contact.
Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
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Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#72I don't recall the domain, but circa 1994 "what's new" was a succinct, daily list of new websites. Like, almost all of them :) I distinctly remember the original website for the Twinkie torture test...
I remember when there was a weekly text file listing all web sites. It was distributed primarily through e-mail (back when we had bang paths), but I think I picked up mine through Usenet.
Also, a revival of Gopher is certainly in order. Hypertext without the hype.
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#73Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#74I miss Google Reader. I used to read ~100 longer-form blogs that didn't publish daily. After Google Reader went away, I tried other RSS readers but they just weren't as convenient, and my online reading habits shifted to more Twitter. At first that seemed fine but over time it has become hard to keep my Twitter feed free of distracting trivia. Nowadays I just have a much smaller list of blogs I read regularly. I also…
What did you try? I used Inoreader and it's now better than Google Reader ever was.
It has been a while since I landed on Digg but I tried quite a few web based apps including Feedly, The Old Reader and several more that have already shut down. I also tried a few native tools like Safari's built in reader and Reeder on MacOS.
At the end of the day, nothing has been as good as Google Reader... at least not for the way I want to use it.
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#75A site with free handwriting lessons. It taught Italic as a solution for people with serious handwriting problems who could not learn cursive effectively.
They took all the free stuff down and became a consultant. They would still teach you the same thing, but for a fee.
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#76There was also a site called "A FISH, A BARREL, AND A SMOKING GUN". (I just googled it.) It was iconoclastic back when that was unusual. I liked reading it.
That site was . It's the first one that came to mind for me.
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#77atomfilms.com
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#78There used to be a really good comic strip called Angst Technology, hosted at inktank.com. Then it stopped, and I was sad. The funny thing is that a bit later the domain got reused by a different group of people I also know - the company formed to commercialize Ceph, then bought by Red Hat. All cool, but I still miss the comic strip.
...or missed, I should say. I couldn't remember the exact name of the fictional company, so I googled, and it turns out there's an archive.
https://comics.beardedcoffeemonkey.com/chapter/angst-technol...
Yay! I'm happy again. So I cheated on answering this question, but if you love tech then you should check out this strip.
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
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#80I really miss the "Q&A sites" like The Conversatron from the late 90's/early 00's https://www.everything2.com/title/The+Conversatron
Hours of enjoyment from a very simple concept.
EDIT: Oh, who can forget the Purity Test sites! https://everything2.com/title/Purity+Test