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"it was largely a collection of websites made by people who were interested in some subject enough to write about it and put it online. " Oh,you mean like blog

"it was largely a collection of websites made by people who were interested in some subject enough to write about it and put it online. " Oh,you mean like blogs? Seriously, this sounds like being nostalgic for it's own sake. I fail to see how using dreamweaver and ftp is somehow better then using Wordpress and the cloud, writing your own html as a prerequisite to having a website was never a good idea - now everyone can have their own website. I really don't miss the "glorious 90's" type of websites - with the thousand of animated images, weird background images and marquee everywhere. Sure it made every site unique - every site was terrible to the eyes in it's own special way. Also the idea that all sites now look the same is quite preposterous - sure a lot of sites are cookiecutter websites - especially marketing websites, but there are tons of unique designs - especially for blogs and personal websites.

fphilipe 9y ago
> Oh,you mean like blogs? Yes, but before they all looked the same and were hosted on the same platform. I miss the days where you would encounter a blog filled with great content and with a unique look and feel. It's as if it almost burned in in my memory. I still remember how the website looked of some great articles that resonated with me. That's one of the reasons I dislike Medium et al.
- Illniyar 9y ago
  I don't think it matters where they are hosted, but I think it's disingenuous to say that all blogs look the same. Sure everything on medium looks the same, but there are many many blogs not on medium. Here, just after a simple search, a list of personal websites/blogs that look nothing alike: https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-35-best-personal-websites-weve-ever-seen https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-35-best-personal-websites...
- peterwwillis 9y ago
  > Yes, but before they all looked the same and were hosted on the same platform. "LiveJournal was started on April 15, 1999 by American programmer Brad Fitzpatrick as a way of keeping his high school friends updated on his activities. In January 2005, blogging software company Six Apart purchased Danga Interactive, the company that operated LiveJournal, from Fitzpatrick."
- lmm 9y ago
  As a reader I like the consistency of Medium et al. No need to learn another interface every time you look at a different subject.
lmm 9y ago
> I fail to see how using dreamweaver and ftp is somehow better then using Wordpress and the cloud, writing your own html as a prerequisite to having a website was never a good idea - now everyone can have their own website. Everyone being able to make sites is great, but I miss having sites that were deliberately organized rather than purely chronological. I wish the typical wordpress/livejournal had a frontpage similar to, say, http://www.gwern.net/ http://www.gwern.net/ . In theory tags provide the same information, but somehow I've never found them useful in the same way.

fphilipe 9y ago

> Oh,you mean like blogs? Yes, but before they all looked the same and were hosted on the same platform. I miss the days where you would encounter a blog filled with great content and with a unique look and feel. It's as if it almost burned in in my memory. I still remember how the website looked of some great articles that resonated with me. That's one of the reasons I dislike Medium et al.

Illniyar 9y ago
I don't think it matters where they are hosted, but I think it's disingenuous to say that all blogs look the same. Sure everything on medium looks the same, but there are many many blogs not on medium. Here, just after a simple search, a list of personal websites/blogs that look nothing alike: https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-35-best-personal-websites-weve-ever-seen https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-35-best-personal-websites...
peterwwillis 9y ago
> Yes, but before they all looked the same and were hosted on the same platform. "LiveJournal was started on April 15, 1999 by American programmer Brad Fitzpatrick as a way of keeping his high school friends updated on his activities. In January 2005, blogging software company Six Apart purchased Danga Interactive, the company that operated LiveJournal, from Fitzpatrick."
lmm 9y ago
As a reader I like the consistency of Medium et al. No need to learn another interface every time you look at a different subject.

lmm 9y ago

> I fail to see how using dreamweaver and ftp is somehow better then using Wordpress and the cloud, writing your own html as a prerequisite to having a website was never a good idea - now everyone can have their own website. Everyone being able to make sites is great, but I miss having sites that were deliberately organized rather than purely chronological. I wish the typical wordpress/livejournal had a frontpage similar to, say, http://www.gwern.net/ http://www.gwern.net/ . In theory tags provide the same information, but somehow I've never found them useful in the same way.