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Has the community of people who wrote documents like this just dried up and vanished? Or have they all moved somewhere underground I can't find?

I was just talking to a friend about this. It seems like the old web is vanishing. I miss the random, often times horribly designed custom pages people used to setup. I hope we’re looking in the wrong place.

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Has the community of people who wrote documents like this just dried up and vanished? Or have they all moved somewhere underground I can't find?

They grew up. And the internet of books became the internet of videos. They're out there writing technical manuals, exising in middle age and earning money.

Back in those days a place like textiles would be an aggregator on a fairly small internet. Most of those content types can be found with their own larger more focused niche sites.

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post #15

Has the community of people who wrote documents like this just dried up and vanished? Or have they all moved somewhere underground I can't find?

They grew up. And the internet of books became the internet of videos. They're out there writing technical manuals, exising in middle age and earning money. Back in those days a place like textiles would be an aggregator on a fairly small internet. Most of those content types can be found with their own larger more focused niche sites.

Is it growing up? For me it’s more that everyone reads books like „How to brand yourself on the internet“ that’s why there is no personality left... the same goes for quirky software there is not much coming because everyone writes a sideproject notetaking electron app because it’s something everyone wants and can relate too. The problem with the modern web is not growing up it is the loss of personality.
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