The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

Post by bragr » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 2:53 PM UTC

ricardo81 wrote: post #89

PaulRobinson wrote: post #10

> "© J H Irvine 2002" Yes. This is a taste of what the web was like before it became shit. And it's the way it should be again. Weird, quirky, fun, no ad-tech, no trying to hard sell anything. God, I miss this era.

Part of the problem is information discovery is dominated by big tech, between Google and social platforms. Mojeek is an alt search engine with an independent index that returns this site so obv indexed. https://www.mojeek.com/search?q=uk+entrances+to+hell I see another one there for Dutch locations http://pkazil.free.fr/e2hnl.html disclaimer, I used to work at Mojeek.

Post by wkjagt » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 2:55 PM UTC

flpm wrote: post #98

wkjagt wrote: post #49

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I wonder if it would be possible to filter out the noise of the “modern web” by black listing big tech the same way we block ads. Might be an interesting project.

If a search engine were to penalize ads, I bet a lot of those old sites would surface. The old web was an "amateur" web, people created sites to share content they were excited about, not to monetize it (or to allow a platform to monetize it). If search engines also make most of their money from advertising, they have a big conflict of interest. We need an open source search engine owned by a non-profit organization…

Post by wkjagt » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 2:59 PM UTC

nextlevelwizard wrote: post #62

wkjagt wrote: post #51

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When did we stop explicitly welcoming people to websites (literally: “welcome to my website!”) . The same era that “going on the internet” was an actual activity. I miss that. It’s like we all stopped being excited by the web.

Content should speak for it self. Welcoming people to a website is same as starting a IM conversation with: "hi!".

Post by eythian » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 2:59 PM UTC

blippage wrote: post #56

If that's too scary for you, you could always look at "Pylon of the Month" https://www.pylonofthemonth.org/ The website was set up by an Englishman, of course, because that's what us British do best: quirky and underwhelming. I heard a fund manager in the energy sector the other day who said that PotM was the thing that fascinated listeners most. Spoiler alert: January's pylon is from Cadiz in Spain, has its own Wiki…

Post by b112 » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 3:01 PM UTC

wkjagt wrote: post #57

yard2010 wrote: post #25

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Much like saying ancient Rome still exist, you just can see it through all the gentrification

I love the comparison with gentrification. It’s not the same though. You can still see the old web untouched, it’s just almost impossible to find. But if you do find it, you don’t see the gentrification. Maybe it’s more like Rome being surrounded by hundreds of miles of malls, and parking lots, and highways, and those highways (and Google Maps) only leading you to those parking lots and malls. You’d have to stumble u…