You don't miss the websites, you miss being young.
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?
#112fray.com - still around, but the old site is archived, not active
theschwacorporation.com - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwa_(art)
kuro5hin.org
scottland (can't remember if it actually had a .com) - website of Scott Thompson, of Kids In The Hall
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#113Digital's search engine. I miss Veronica very much too (to early I guess to count). Also, do you recall something like paranoia.net or similar?
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#114All the Ezboard and Proboards communities I used to post in.
Would love to browse the posts I made in that ten year period of my most formative years on the internet.
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#115The web comic Leisure Town (1996~2003), particularly the comic "Q.A. Confidential", was one of my first major exposures to Bay Area software industry humor when I was still a young bedroom programmer. It's certainly from an earlier time with regard to its language and many unfortunate -isms to the point that I almost hesitate to post it on HN at all, but it's still a gem that some times feels like it hasn't aged a day in two decades: http://leisuretown.com/library/qac/index.html
"Well, they grow up. And they spend that time implementing every possible hideous idea in some form or another for someone:" "What's up this time? Another tired 3-D maze game? Maybe a new way to help people share and care and collaborate? A JAVA MCDOODLE? GREAT! HOW MUCH $$$."
"i'll spell it MICRO$LOTH WINBLOWS in a DELICIOUS TWIST"
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#116suck.com
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#117suck.com, kvetch.org, four11.com, Cool Site of the Day.
Used to lurk on slashdot since my employer barred me from posting anywhere publicly.
There were many fun, experimental, one–off sites in the early days that barely lasted a few months, let alone long enough to be archived by archive.org.
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#118yerf.org
and more recently, webcomicunderdogs.com, all the webcomics discussion has vanished into private discords or facebook groups or forums run by the comics-on-your-phone companies and I just do not vibe with any of those methods of communicating...
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#119Space Jam
Oh wait, it's still there. And still the same as 1996.
Re: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
#120suck.com, kvetch.org, four11.com, Cool Site of the Day. Used to lurk on slashdot since my employer barred me from posting anywhere publicly. There were many fun, experimental, one–off sites in the early days that barely lasted a few months, let alone long enough to be archived by archive.org.
suck.com was great!