Appreciation post: I used to think old websites were just broken clutter

I was reading a forum thread where someone linked to the original Space Jam movie site from 1996... and I actually clicked it. I expected a mess, but the spinning basketball gifs and that bright teal background hit me. It wasn't broken, it was just how things looked. My nephew saw it over my shoulder and said, 'How did you find anything?' That made me realize these old pages are a record of a different way of thinking online. Anyone else have a favorite old site that feels like a totally different world now?

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cameron7704d ago

Wasn't that site actually from 1995? I remember it launching with the movie. The guestbook page was the best part, seeing all the old comments. It's wild how a guestbook was a normal feature back then, not a security risk. What other sites from that time do you remember having those?

paul_stone414d ago

You mentioned guestbooks being a normal feature. Do you think we lost something when we moved to private messages and comments? That public guestbook felt like a shared space in a way modern sites don't.