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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (4 children)

god what I wouldnt give to go back to the days of the mid 90s, when the internet was nothing more than a collection of tech weirdos, with websites being nothing more than passion projects with no advertising, no SEO, no search engines, etc etc.

[–] SergeantSushi@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 4 points 1 week ago

Will give a spin

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Tried a few searches. "no results". Oh well

[–] SergeantSushi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It's a small web search engine so there is not a result for everything (as there was in the early Internet). The 'Explore' feature is probably more entertaining (stumble upon-esque) than using it as an actual search engine.

Kagi isn't bad at not serving up crap, but it requires a subscription eventually.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

there was plenty of advertising on america online though almost ever keyword was to a business that was an advertisement.

i do agree that web 1.0 and the 90s internet was superior

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

~~will give a spin~~ Sorry answered wrong comment. Big finger issue

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can't we go back? What's stopping you?

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the pesky linearity of time as we understand it.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm going to risk that going back to personal websites would be a blast. And people would enjoy it.

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

People on neocities: "what's stopping all of you?"

The small-web exists and thrives in its little bubble of creativity

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Neocities? what even is.....

Oh.

Such style. Such creativity. Personality in design! It's like looking back into a lost age from when things were allowed to be fun. None of this 'advertiser safe minimalism'.

This makes my brain do the happy chemicals.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

what is that, some successor to geocities? or is the naming convention purely coincidental

Successor by a small community, forget the chain of events but, basically yeah.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Does self hosting, at home, really pays off nowadays, or does hiring server space is a mandatory requirement?

[–] gradual@lemmings.world 1 points 1 week ago

Nothing, really.

We're the only ones stopping ourselves. The 90s and everything that made is 'great' is still here, we just choose not to use it.