• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      26 days ago

      god what I wouldnt give to go back to the days of the mid 90s, when the internet was nothing more than a collection of tech weirdos, with websites being nothing more than passion projects with no advertising, no SEO, no search engines, etc etc.

      • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        26 days ago

        there was plenty of advertising on america online though almost ever keyword was to a business that was an advertisement.

        i do agree that web 1.0 and the 90s internet was superior

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            25 days ago

            I’m going to risk that going back to personal websites would be a blast. And people would enjoy it.

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              25 days ago

              People on neocities: “what’s stopping all of you?”

              The small-web exists and thrives in its little bubble of creativity

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                25 days ago

                Neocities? what even is…

                Oh.

                Such style. Such creativity. Personality in design! It’s like looking back into a lost age from when things were allowed to be fun. None of this ‘advertiser safe minimalism’.

                This makes my brain do the happy chemicals.

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                    25 days ago

                    I do have a personal website, but i’m using github to host it. My current works makes heavy use of generative ai, so I haven’t shared it around lemmy due to overwhelming negative opinion regarding ai content.

                    btw, yours is super cool.

                    edit: the text on the tab is ANIMATED

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                25 days ago

                Does self hosting, at home, really pays off nowadays, or does hiring server space is a mandatory requirement?

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          25 days ago

          Nothing, really.

          We’re the only ones stopping ourselves. The 90s and everything that made is ‘great’ is still here, we just choose not to use it.

    • Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works
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      26 days ago

      That’s not gonna happen, and I even disagree with the statement but I can see the merit in it.

      That being said the new business model will be the old business model, where everything is paid for. And I do not think that’s so bad, for example I’d pay for a browser if it respects my privacy.