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> I think it’s intentionally designed to get people to switch to the app. This might also be a dark pattern to exploit attention spans compromised by chronic content consumption. A user sees new content at the top of the page, forgets the content they wanted to see, sticks around to look at novel material. THEN the user either goes back and gets distracted again, or at the very least, goes back to their intended page…
The day old.reddit.com goes so do I
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It was updated for the Netflix series. So it's still maintained
The html is in lowercase so that slightly helps to calculate a date. (Older websites were all uppercase)
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>I think being simple and content focused are two of them. You mean you don't like newsletter subscription pop-ups? Or a virtual assistant chat window on the corner? Or auto-playing videos that follow you when you scroll down? Or a choice between "Accept all cookies" and "Learn more?"
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Oh, hello. This is my website. I'm Emily. I saw the influx of (nice, thank you!) comments on the guestbook, so I checked to see what was up. Yes, I keep the site running and haven't changed very much about it (mostly out of laziness) but I do periodically update it when something new (music, tv. merch, game, etc)happens. So I guess it is only still being updated because the franchise keeps popping up with random new…
Your website has that "handmade touch" that we took for granted back then and that has completely disappeared from the "modern" web. Stumbling upon your page, one can't help but feel nostalgic about what the web was back then, compared to what it has become. "Back in the days", the web was human. Now it's just a stream of unending, same-looking, ad-infested, seo-optimized noise.
Thanks for keeping this site online : it reminds us that another web was possible.
P.S : I looked at your other websites, and they all have that nostalgic-retro-looking warm-and-fuzzy-inducing design. I love it !
Whenever Bebop comes up it hits right in the feels. The future sure panned out different than how I imagined it would be when I was a kid staying up late watching this timeless classic. At the time I just thought it was cool and conceptual, never realizing how much the vibes were on point. I get it now. See You Space Cowboy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03qBqP2I4p8
I feel we are getting closer and closer to a cyberpunk future, but without all the stuff that made it cool.
The second domain I ever registered was for my ex-wife’s cartoon fan site for a particular Disney cartoon series back in ‘98. Her drive to digitize stills from the show and write character bios and episode summaries was something I never understood, but she was certainly dedicated. I’d imagine all of that kind of compulsion ends up on Wikia sites and such today, but back then it was do-it-yourself. She was writing HT…
Gargoyles?
Aside from the Cowboy Bebop nostalgia hit, this site is a great example of how clear, creative, and fun sites were in the late 1990s. While I struggle to identify the many reasons why I think sites looked better back then, I think being simple and content focused are two of them.
I've been thinking about this too. Why is it about these sites that they transmit that changes how we approach and experience them. The internet of the 90's had a sort magical feeling to it. It was new and different and felt very personal. In essence it wasn't yet devoured by capitalism. It felt honest and real.
Convention had yet to be established in the 90s; anything was fair game.
I suspect we are going to run into the same burnout with AI, and much quicker. Today, "holy shit anything is possible with this magic." Tomorrow, it's going to be as exciting as your average HR drone.
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> I think it’s intentionally designed to get people to switch to the app. This might also be a dark pattern to exploit attention spans compromised by chronic content consumption. A user sees new content at the top of the page, forgets the content they wanted to see, sticks around to look at novel material. THEN the user either goes back and gets distracted again, or at the very least, goes back to their intended page…
The day old.reddit.com goes so do I
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It was updated for the Netflix series. So it's still maintained
The html is in lowercase so that slightly helps to calculate a date. (Older websites were all uppercase)
Now that there is syntax highlighting though the readability benefit is minimal so not a big deal. I still think SQL keywords should be capitalized though...