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What do miss from pre-Reddit? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by dylan@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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We've had plenty of questions about what people miss from reddit that Lemmy had, or what they hope doesn't come to Lemmy from reddit in future, but do you miss from the earlier days, before reddit that you would like to come back?

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[–] Kal@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Small forums where everybody knew everybody (there's still some kicking around). Personal websites/blogs were fun. I think they could make a comeback now that it's easier than ever to host and big social media is going to poo.

[–] aedyr@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The era of personal websites was something else. I remember the weird and wonderful creations you could find on GeoCities.

[–] kestrel7@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

It was cool to be a 12 year old kid getting pokemon advice from other 12 year old kids who were allowed to have whole ass websites. It was a weird and funny time to be laive.

[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I once met a person/team, that did what was basically a direct precursor of VTubing, except it was a webcomic formatted as a blog, and you could interact with it's characters through MSN messenger and e-mail. Too bad it ended quickly likely due to production issues.

If someone is interested, you can find it here: http://fan-chan.blogspot.com/ (It's in Hungarian, might translate it in its unfinished glory if there's a need for it)

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah I loved forums. They honestly feel so outdated these days, but I still post on them sometimes anyway lol

Personal websites/blogs definitely are a blast from the past too, I can't even think of the last time there was a blog I regularly read lol

You're right that these previous used older types of websites might make a comeback when these large corporations squeeze us to death for profits, it's kind of interesting how things might come full circle.