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The article did not really explain anything, other than providing some (interesting?) background. I don't know if it "worked" either, as I don't use it! Of cou

The article did not really explain anything, other than providing some (interesting?) background. I don't know if it "worked" either, as I don't use it! Of course, I am a small market of 1; thousands more use it for old-looking photos. I am surprised by the repeat of the same ideas again and again. Since the early 90s when Geocities was available you could easily share text and pictures in your own site. Then MySpace allowed the same, Bebo, Facebook, Twitter (with limited text!), Google+, Instagram.... is there anything else I've forgotten? Each one mandates an account to post data or view specific data. They all allow sharing pretty much the same (some content, whether it is text or photos) yet they are each hailed as the next big thing and the best thing since sliced bread, and you must be a sad weirdo if you're not a member of the currently fashionable site. Remember the looks of surprise/shock/disgust/anger when you state that you don't have a Facebook account? There are over 252 million (or more?) domains active yet there is obsession over a handful. Maybe I'm an old fart, but I don't get it? I wonder if people class Google Image Search as the next big thing? You can see pictures in there too. You can also get text if you click on the "web" search tool too. Apologies for the sarcasm there :-)

azinman2 12y ago
There isn't a way to endlessly scroll geocities of relatively high quality images (filters are important and unique), let alone do that with just your friends or people of interest. If you start to compare to myspace, bebop, fb, twitter, etc... it's just as much about what's removed as what 'feature' they allow.
- 72deluxe 12y ago
  I see your point. The removal of features to make it more specific or aim at a niche area is important. I wonder if there were any Geocities sites of importance that needed aggregating for an endless (memory-eating) scroll view?
mtbcoder 12y ago
> They all allow sharing pretty much the same (some content, whether it is text or photos) yet they are each hailed as the next big thing and the best thing since sliced bread I think the difference is that with each iteration it became easier for the end-user to publish/share something. With GeoCities, they removed the need for a user to figure out hosting, running a server and purchasing a domain name (very expensive at the time). However, with GeoCities, you still needed to know how to write HTML/CSS/JS and use FTP. MySpace took it a step further from that point and did most of the HTML/CSS leg work but allowed for some minor alterations. Facebook took it even further and basically said, "we'll do all the leg work for you, all you need to do is type in a thought or upload a picture."

azinman2 12y ago

There isn't a way to endlessly scroll geocities of relatively high quality images (filters are important and unique), let alone do that with just your friends or people of interest. If you start to compare to myspace, bebop, fb, twitter, etc... it's just as much about what's removed as what 'feature' they allow.

72deluxe 12y ago
I see your point. The removal of features to make it more specific or aim at a niche area is important. I wonder if there were any Geocities sites of importance that needed aggregating for an endless (memory-eating) scroll view?

mtbcoder 12y ago

> They all allow sharing pretty much the same (some content, whether it is text or photos) yet they are each hailed as the next big thing and the best thing since sliced bread I think the difference is that with each iteration it became easier for the end-user to publish/share something. With GeoCities, they removed the need for a user to figure out hosting, running a server and purchasing a domain name (very expensive at the time). However, with GeoCities, you still needed to know how to write HTML/CSS/JS and use FTP. MySpace took it a step further from that point and did most of the HTML/CSS leg work but allowed for some minor alterations. Facebook took it even further and basically said, "we'll do all the leg work for you, all you need to do is type in a thought or upload a picture."