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I grow to hate the web
ThePerm:
Modern WWW is more like a string than a web. I miss the geocities type sites.
ShyGuy:
--- Quote from: ThePerm on May 12, 2019, 07:25:38 PM ---Modern WWW is more like a string than a web. I miss the geocities type sites.
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Sir, have you heard the good news of NeoCities? https://neocities.org/browse
ShyGuy:
Okay, HERE'S HOW IT IS TO VISIT A WEBSITE IN TWENTY NINTETEEN!
You get a link to some article or something from your email, from social media, from your news feed, from the forums.
The first stop, they detect your adblocker. Time to greenlight just this one page!
Second Stop they want to show you notifications. NOPE!
Third stop, they gotta tell you about them cookies. NWR has a nice small notification, but some websites take up half the page. What was interesting, is I went to some UK tabloid for an article (I think it was Express.co.uk) and they had a cookies pop up that listed the twelve sites to who they were selling information.
Fourth stop, if they're really a turd, is you get the autoplay videos! Everybody loves autoplay videos, especially if they are embedded at the bottom of the page and you have to scroll all the way down to mute them.
Fifth, you get the privilege of having the option to sign up for a newsletter! Let's spread this crap to you inbox!
Maybe now, you can get the information that you came for. But sometimes, once you start to click away, they will give you a parting shot!
And that's why the Internet should have stayed a hobby for nerds!
stevey:
--- Quote from: ShyGuy on May 27, 2019, 04:03:07 PM ---And that's why the Internet should have stayed a hobby for nerds!
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Have you forgotten those semi-transparent flash overlays that prevented you from clicking on sites. Planentgamecube had a dinosaur one that blocked the links to all the juicy E3 news. Apparently they died; good riddance.
nickmitch:
The only thing missing is a publication you've never heard of saying you have 3 free articles left before you run out, but you can get 3 months for just $1, cancel anytime.