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The internet used to be fun (projects.kwon.nyc)
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A a collection of articles that to some degree answer the question “Why have a personal website?” with “Because it’s fun, and the internet used to be fun.”

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[–] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

No, it used to be a mostly boring desert populated with oases of fun. Hidden from view in obscure forums frequented by 11 people.

It's basically the same. Instead of forums or newsgroups we're forced to keep up with anti-corpoate social media, but its the same shit. I have a computer, you have a computer, they talk to each other. What's changed is how honest the advertisers are.

Im not saying it's better now, people.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    desert populated with oases of fun. Hidden from view in obscure forums frequented by 11 people

    Perfect. We should do that again.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    I find that a lot of the forums that I used to visit closed down when everyone started using facebook, reddit, deviant art, digg, etc.

    Nowadays most of the personally hosted websites tend to be either: resume / portfolio site or a developer/tech guy that wants to bring the feeling of a community from the early 2000s back and has a forum (and has the know how).

    For a time I also checked out some creators slack/discord channels, but the vibe didn't feel right (and apparently are unsearchable).

    I would say its very different now.

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