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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 4 years ago

do you ever think about how your neopets profile page gave you more freedom to use html for customization than literally any modern social media website

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 4 years ago

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we straight up used to type raw html into text fields and just expect websites to display it for us. incredible. that probably isn’t coming back ever

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 4 years ago

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even phpBB forums let you bold, italicize, and freely insert inline images and inline links with BBcode, none of which you can do on, say, twitter or facebook

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 4 years ago

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the ultimate test of digital freedom is whether you can embed a MIDI of your favorite music from dragon ball Z and i will die on this hill

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 4 years ago

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are there any modern versions of geocities or angelfire still working? what’s the fastest and cheapest way i can put up a page of raw html in 2021?

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Loopy@strangestloop• over 4 years ago

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@QiaochuYuan send it to me and i'll throw it on my website

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 4 years ago

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oh my god when i was 14 i made a personal website and hosted it on my dad's website and it's still up although the PHP customizations i did aren't working anymore so it's impossible to navigate. it is the only one of my friends' sites that is still up https://t.co/gNp662ucoo https://t.co/wFQLOYcfPx

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 4 years ago

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i also designed my dad's website which is about his book on windows graphics programming. look at those gorgeous <div>s https://t.co/ghfSIfQNPx

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 4 years ago

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thanks for the tip to check out neocities everyone. this is perfect. the early 2000s internet energy is strong here and i hunger for it https://t.co/frSkbftcn8 https://t.co/2CrsJqgBei

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 4 years ago

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i can't convey the experience of this website through twitter properly because it has both an animated background and embedded music but yes. this. this exactly. how glorious https://t.co/Lm2VvzKls5

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 4 years ago

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it's wild to see an entire web experience crafted by a single person out of stuff they think is cool. no intervening large company. no algorithmic timeline. no ads. just one person's vibe. this is more intimate than sex i think

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QC@QiaochuYuan• over 4 years ago

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i signed their GUESTBOOK https://t.co/OM3aRgKEqG

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