GeoCities in 1995: Building a Home Page on the Internet

https://cybercultural.com/p/geocities-1995/

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truxnell@infosec.pub · 21 pts · 1y (3 replies)

God I miss this time on the web

Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

In hear you! Man did i fucked around. Made a website with no real info, because what could i tell the world als a 12-15 year old.

Use notepad to write html. All different folders with home as the most important

It had a counter how often the site was visited (it was mostly me)

And the account name was .tk (?) because it was free

toynbee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Made a website with no real info, because what could i tell the world als a 12-15 year old.

I'm in the same situation at almost forty.

wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I remember tk domains being free, yep

TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org · 20 pts · 1y (3 replies)

May my first website be forever under construction.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Complete with gif of a construction sign thats animated for some reason.

01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 1y

The "some reason" is that it was cool, modern, hip, and cutting edge.

Case in point.

rezifon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

…animated for some reason

Our scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

fox2263@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y

It was a better time back then

mesamunefire@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Neocities is now a thing if anyone wants to check it out

01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 1y

It's a dot org site, by the way. The dot com was malware at one point, so just be careful.

Edit: the dot com seems to no longer be registered, so I guess you don't have to be that careful anymore lol

BackwardsUntoDawn@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

my home internet was out for a few days, discovering and browsing Neocities on a mobile hotspot limited to 256kbps was a vibe

SplashJackson@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I would love to recover my old GeoCities page somehow. I even remember the neighbourhood it was in. It was all about how cool hockey, Godzilla, and Warcraft 2 is

Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Give this a shot maybe? I know there's some other archive collections as well you could try digging into.

https://geocities.restorativland.org/

treadful@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 1y

I'm not sure I remember the address. Might have to spend a bunch of time on this archive today.

thegr8goldfish@startrek.website · 2 pts · 1y

Mine was in the Athens/Acropolis area.

SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y

Big nostalgia feels. The internet was so good back then.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

It saddens me that this is either meant to remind people of the way things were, or it teaches them a world they never knew.

1995 me would have been excited to see what crazy stuff is on the 2025 internet. 2025 me realizes it's just a digital version of a carnival scam. Hot singles in your area is just the ring toss game. Give them your money, and then you lose.

The 90s were just factually a better time. Biggest controversy about our president at that time was that our president got blowjobs.

meco03211@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Biggest controversy about our president at that time was that our president got blowjobs.

Consensual blow jobs.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

1995 me would have been excited to see what crazy stuff is on the 2025 internet.

And horrified at how it's done.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

i was a sunset strip girlie!

until i went to tripod, at least.

TK420@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
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ATDA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Memooorreiiieeesss of having dozens of angel fire accounts to get around their 25 mb limit running a very cool, very legit download site. My bros had all the latest dojin fighters from comiket.

puppinstuff@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
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oh_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

For those looking for some of that same nostalgia. neocities.org

j0ester@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I sure do miss my Pokemon Geocities sites, with Poke Gods.

phubarr@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
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Ravenfreak@discuss.online · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I really wish I was online during those times. Then again I was only 5 years old in 1995, so it's not like I could do much but play games on Nickelodeon's website at that point in life. It's fun looking at web archives of old GeoCities sites!

reiterationstation@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

They had chat rooms back then on the Nick site with games. Who knows the gross ass old men I talked to when I was 9.

greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1y

Wow so many memories...

klemptor@startrek.website · 1 pts · 1y

Break out of frames!