I miss the old internet, before big centralised social media hubs took over, when the small web WAS the web, when forums and blogs were popular, when the internet actually felt social and not just a bunch of algorithms feeding me slop.
So I made it a goal this year to branch out and spend a bit less time on Reddit and Youtube. I’ve created Mastodon, Piefed, and Matrix accounts, and I’m even working on a cheesy little neocities page (though my CSS skills suck).
I’ve only been here for a day or so now but I like it so far. Feels refreshing and I hope places like this become the future of the internet.
So hey all :) Hope you’re also all liking it here, and welcome to any fellow newbies!
Welcome! Imho it doesn’t matter if your css skills suck, just have fun.
Crack open a nice cold can of beans and have a seat.
Greetings!
About missing the small internet, might I suggest also RSS? Several sites still seem to use such, and when they don’t, there may be bridges for them.
The day google reader closed, the old web died.
Genuine question: why though?
Trying to find info on it but I can find nothing related to this death of the old web. But conjecturing, the best I can guess is that people had grown dependent on this yet another Google product. And if that’s the case, then its closure wouldn’t have been the death of the old web, but the consummation of it.
Welcome!
Welcome!
