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The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back

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622 points ColinWright | 1 comments | 25 Jan 22 22:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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toto444 ◴[26 Jan 22 09:13 UTC] No.30083387[source]▶
How many of you mourning the old internet frequent neocities or have their own personal website ? I don't think the the answer is 'a lot'.

Everyone on HN complains about everything being turned into a business but everyone also wants to create their own start up and turn it into a unicorn.

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nils-m-holm ◴[26 Jan 22 09:27 UTC] No.30083462[source]▶
Anecdatum: I have maintained my web site since 1995 and have my own domain since 1999 (http://t3x.org). I have never had a "business" nor have I dreamt about big money. Give me back the old internet anytime!
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1. toto444 ◴[26 Jan 22 09:52 UTC] No.30083586[source]▶
I like your 'Who am I page'.

I have started an 'old internet' like website about 3 years ago and I love working on it. It is my space of creativity and freedom. If you want to check it out it is in my bio.

I think the reality is that no one really want these websites anymore.