https://tylergaw.com/blog/the-old-internet-is-still-here/
"There’s a frequent lament of missing the “old” Internet. It’s different for
every person that thinks it, but it’s usually a feeling of loss for things like
personal websites, blogs, RSS feeds, quirky sites for special interests and
hobbies, forums, etc. A feeling that they don’t exist. That they’ve disappeared
from the Internet.
While I understand the feeling, it’s misplaced.
Those things we’re missing aren’t gone. They’re still right here. They never
went anywhere, they just got layered over by time.
That’s not to say websites haven’t disappeared. Or that beloved communities
haven’t been shuttered and lost. Entropy is expected.
But, all of these things still exist. In many cases in the same location they
were in the time that you remember as the “old Internet”. This blog is 17 years
old, this site is 20. I’ve kept them at the same base URL for the duration.
I don’t consider myself an outlier here. I would wager (without any data) that
most people who had a personal site and/or blog 20 years ago, still have one
today. And there’s a high likelihood they’ve maintained it throughout those
years.
Jim has a one-off site for his pies. I have one for my records. Anh has pages
for all kinds of fun stuff.
And it doesn’t get much more “old” Internet than this.
I’ve been paying for Feedbin for years. There are tons of other good RSS reader
options, paid and otherwise. Terry just released a killer new UI that sits on
top of other RSS services, Current.
A few thousand degen skateboarders (myself included) have been talking shit
about skateboarding on the
Slap Magazine forums non-stop for the last two
decades. The front page and the big subreddits are mostly horseshit these days,
but there are still niche, strange subreddits to be found where real people
share and discuss real things, and sometimes real weird things.
What’s changed is our expectations."
Via Esther Schindler.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
