A Love Letter to Geocities Sites

Post by sodimel » Tue, Aug 02, 2022, 11:44 AM UTC

NetOpWibby wrote: post #45

Daltzn wrote: post #15

I missed the Geocities time but my similar experience was MySpace. That my first introduction into any sort of code. I have no idea at the time what I was copying and pasting into my page. But was able to eventually learn and change things through it. Really no current platform that is used to allow this level of customization. At most it’s a banner or profile image to express yourself publicly.

Same here, Myspace (and my dad’s Macromedia Dreamweaver book) was my entry to code. Oh how I miss it! I started working on a social network that’s basically that era of Myspace but got sidetracked by other projects. I’ll probably get back to it around the holidays.

Post by vinny2020 » Tue, Aug 02, 2022, 11:53 AM UTC

Post by baisq » Tue, Aug 02, 2022, 11:59 AM UTC

civilized wrote: post #6

Five notable good things that happened after 1999: 1. Obergefell 2. First Black President 3. Wikipedia 4. .....idk, maybe CRISPR? Deep Learning? Avatar: The Last Airbender? I'm drawing a blank here

Post by kristofferR » Tue, Aug 02, 2022, 12:04 PM UTC

Kye wrote: post #65

throwawaycities wrote: post #62

It’s become the norm for big tech to acquire and kill off beloved products over the objections of passionate communities of users. For me that first experience was Yahoo acquiring and killing GeoCities, not to mention deleting 10’s of millions of websites from the early web in the process like it never existed paving the way for social media. I’ve spent the better part of a decade waiting, and in 2020 Yahoo’s tradema…

Amazing: you've used a thread about one of the freest, least commercial eras of the web to plug some cryptocurrency/web3 bullshit and admit you took over one of the most memorable trademarks of that era to do it.

Post by throwawaycities » Tue, Aug 02, 2022, 12:10 PM UTC

akarlsten wrote: post #70

throwawaycities wrote: post #62

It’s become the norm for big tech to acquire and kill off beloved products over the objections of passionate communities of users. For me that first experience was Yahoo acquiring and killing GeoCities, not to mention deleting 10’s of millions of websites from the early web in the process like it never existed paving the way for social media. I’ve spent the better part of a decade waiting, and in 2020 Yahoo’s tradema…

What a shame that you're taking something beloved and nostalgic and turning it into yet another rent-seeking crypto project. https://neocities.org/ has been around for years, is the same exact concept and doesn't come with any crypto-related baggage.