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cozy 90s BBS forums, obscure blogs, etc.

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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Anything they use at my work lol

[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love the old simple powerful websites at companies I've worked for. It's when they add a bunch of whitespace and a chatbot that they really start to go to hell.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah nah, this is old late 00s web sites that's have to load whenever you change something.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 5 points 1 month ago

I'm on a couple forum sites still (both phpbb I think). I still read fark.com but rarely if ever comment anymore.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My healthcare services websites. Their website and mobile app require separate logins. The website logs in then redirects to a completely different website.

They have a tax-free “store” that feels like a completely different website.

Everything is laid out using what seems like the idea of middle management and not modern design philosophy.

TreasuryDirect also feels classic. If you're not familiar, it's a US government website to buy and sell certain types of treasury bonds. Some great features:

  • an image so you know you didn't typo your username (haven't seen that in well over a decade)
  • clicking a link is a new page, and clicking back breaks stuff and makes you login again
  • until recently, you couldn't paste in the password field

It does do some modern-ish things with page layout, but not that modern, like maybe early 2000s modern. But it's perennially stuck about 20 years in the past.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://celeryman.alexmeub.com/

(Not really mobile friendly, which holds true to the old school Internet)

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Has Real Ultimate Power actually changed at all/added new content? I was reading that in elementary.

[–] brandocorp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

I see YouTube videos linked, and I remember being on this site before YouTube existed. I don't think it has changed all that much, though.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Nope, exact same html.

[–] Decipher0771@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Dot@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago

No JavaScript sites on onionland

[–] LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

most private trackers

[–] dsilverz@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 month ago

Some examples that I remember are:

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Wimp.com

Irregular webcomics

Dinosaur comics (qwantz.com)

[–] EwonRael@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago
[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

jwz.org/blog, for obvious reasons.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] 4z01235@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's pretty niche, but https://alternativess.com (sport archery retailer)

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[–] ThatKomputerKat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[–] PrivacyDingus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

people often say they can find this kind of thing via my employer, Mojeek: https://www.mojeek.com/

[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Sites that have old forums. There aren't many anymore, but ones I've seen that have been very helpful of late include car sites, a timeshare forum, and the Fantasy Grounds forum (my virtual tabletop of choice).

I'm sure there are others out there, but it's definitely more rare than it used to be. Is Something Awful still around?

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Lookup brutalist websites or the gemini protocol.

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