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There's something about this site that's very www-of-1996 for me, in the best way possible. That is, here's a site full of useful information, obviously create

There's something about this site that's very www-of-1996 for me, in the best way possible. That is, here's a site full of useful information, obviously created by someone who is interested in the subject and cares about it. And not a single "Subscribe for $X a month now!" button to be found. No "call to action" to bleet/myface/instasnap all my friends a link. No "enter your contact info to be funneled into my sales lead generator service that's the actual reason for this site to exist" text box. It's freaking refreshing. This reminds me of back in the day when most webpages were basically "Here's something I care about and think is cool. Here's what I have to share regarding it. No, I don't expect anything in return, other than maybe a friendly email or two." These types of sites still exist, but they seem to be a distinct minority.

DanBC 12y ago
> These types of sites still exist, but they seem to be a distinct minority. And even though they are often excellent they're usually really hard to find in search engines.
WestCoastJustin 12y ago
Thanks for the kind words. Originally, I didn't even want to host a mailing list (via "get notified" link in the header), but tptacek convinced me it was a good idea [1], and he was right, it opened an invaluable communication channel with my viewers. In the future, I might follow the 90s shareware model, use till you find it useful, then donate. But we'll see how it plays out. Just felt strange asking for money when I didn't think I had enough content/wasn't good enough yet. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5828686 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5828686