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I know you say it without any offense, but don't call them "dumb websites". They were the thing I miss mostly about the old internet, specific niche websites ma
by 101008 5y ago
I know you say it without any offense, but don't call them "dumb websites". They were the thing I miss mostly about the old internet, specific niche websites made by people with passion for every need.
- Specific websites for Half-Life mods run by a group of people from different parts of the world with a creative name (now you have to go to a subreddit or discord with a generic name, because of SEO?)
- Specific website to follow all the news about my favourite soccer team, visiting every hour or two hours to see if they updated something. Now Twitter (Instagram later) has stolen that urgent sense.
- Am I waiting for a new movie? Let's update the forum that I regular visit to see if the studio released a new trailer in .mov format and different resolutions. When it's done, send the link to my friends over MSN. Now it's on YouTube and I get a notification.
Those dumb websites were the best and I am glad people like us spent their teen years creating them. Not only because I learnt a lot (and now I am a professinal thanks to them), but also because I think we give enjoyment to a lot of people around the world just because of it.
- kitsunesoba 5y agoHonestly I think there’s still a lot of space for simple HTML niche interest websites today, based on my experiences with various hobbies and topics. It’s surprising how many things out there don’t have any “one stop” pages, requiring anybody who’s just getting started to have to synthesize from several different places of varying accuracy, completeness, and relevance.
- kragen 5y agoIt's just hard to find them nowadays because they don't rank on Google.