Posted on 02/04/2022 11:57:18 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
If you're looking for a hit of '90s nostalgia, here are 12 of the most popular websites from the naughty nineties still up and running today. From its humble beginnings at CERN, the World Wide Web has indeed come a long way since it was first invented by the respected British scientist, Tim Berners-Lee in 1989.
From plain-looking text-only websites to slow internet speeds and unreliable connections, the World Wide Web has survived and evolved into so much more, so much that we're now at the cusp of Web3.
In this article, we'll go down memory lane to the historic moments when there was only one website, then two, then three, until we cover 12 popular websites from the '90s that are still up and running.
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In the Clinton years, Whitehouse.gov was the official White House website.
Whitehouse.com was the porn site.
The White House was also a porn site.
I don’t remember that. I lurked for many years before signing up, and when I did it was just like it is today.
If I recall, the differences I noticed were mostly in the display. I remember when it changed, I didn’t like it. Now I can’t even remember the original version.
The latest ones they mention are c1994. FR came a few years later.
“With the recent changes at FR, any open HTML tags will be automatically closed at the end of every reply or post.”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/802064/posts
I liked the fact that we could easily look up our sign-on number.
The author is weird. Her list is her wish list. Here are two old timers on the web.
https://www.excite.com
https://www.lycos.com
Might be best to fly under the radar.
There are lots more. So many more.
Interesting Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Republic
What is interesting is that is not a vicious attack—so maybe we are really are below the radar.
My simple rule for determining whether Wikipedia is in attack mode—Do they use the word “extremist” to describe a person/group?
In this case (so far) the answer is “no”.
Cool post... The IUMA is a very cool site I had forgot about. They have music archived you are not going to ever find anywhere else. :)
Remember ogrish.com?
Whitehouse.com is no longer a porn site, but now seems to be a political betting site.
Give it time. They will.
Mosaic
Cello
Opera
Exactly what I was thinking.
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