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You know these kinds of nostalgia capture an aesthetic, but what made the web special in 1999 was the voices of individuals publishing websites of their own… th
by happytiger 3y ago
You know these kinds of nostalgia capture an aesthetic, but what made the web special in 1999 was the voices of individuals publishing websites of their own… their movable type sites were usually high brow affairs, but ‘99 added LiveJournal and Blogger to the mix.
I really miss independent voices. I feel like social media is a hollow version of what was, kind of like a bowling alley with bumpers on the lane.
The web felt vital to expression in 1999, and today it usually doesn’t. It feels corporate. Wish we could find a way to recapture that feeling of connection with one another.
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoAgree entirely. Let me share what revolutionized my tech experience. #getoutside Edit: Not being snarky, I’m totally serious. Online only goes so deep…then…nothing…
- dehrmann 3y agoI have a different take. The opportunities were so wide-open that no one really knew what to do. There's a thing where if you restrict an artist, they're actually more creative. Where was Wordle in 1999?
- happytiger 3y agoIt was called Acrophobia and it was awesome.
- xerox13ster 3y agoWell for one, we were still using CGI scripts and for two, we didn't have local storage in the browser....
- dehrmann 3y agoIt could work with CGI scripts, we had enough JS, and we had cookies.