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I click. I see an anime girlie bot challenge screen. I hear zoomer pop in ~32k 16-bit stereo. I see JavaScript animations and a seizure-inducing vibecoded layou
by NackerHughes 3mo ago
I click. I see an anime girlie bot challenge screen. I hear zoomer pop in ~32k 16-bit stereo. I see JavaScript animations and a seizure-inducing vibecoded layout. I close the tab.
"Miss the old web?" The author wasn't even born then.
- a34729t 3mo agoAnubis is awesome, but yeah everything else... gtfo
- suobset 3mo agoWell I am on the millennial/Gen Z cusp, and I think the new "old web" is a recreation of the corner of the Internet that puts humans before bots (as opposed to faithfully recreating it). Then again this website feels like it's doing a little too much.
- floren 3mo agoOr too little... aside from themes and music and a chatbox there's not much to it.
- coffeeindex 3mo agoThey were clearly just having some fun with the site..
- abracadaniel 3mo agoAlso, this seems exactly like what the classic web would’ve looked like if we’d had the ability to do it.
- Hugsbox 2mo agoWhat you're describing is the IndieWeb, I feel like if you're going to call something the "old web" the effort probably should be to actually recreate it a little more faithfully