[pcan77]

I miss this version of the internet :( Everything is so boring now.

[grae_QED]

Go to https://www.wiby.me

Its a search engine that only indexes minimalist websites. Everything on there looks like its from the 90's.

[Nadya]

It's harder to find but it still exists. The hardest part is finding the retroscape <communities> rather than individuals/people. For example, I can browse a lot of retro-ish early 2000's design sites on Neocities but it is difficult to call it much of a community. Same thing with mmm.page.

https://neocities.org/browse and recently-posted-to-HN https://mmm.page/xh.inspiring

I'd love to find (or even make) a community for people who still enjoy the aesthetic of the amateur-crafted web.

[peterhil]

Gemini protocol is lightweight alternative to HTTP which concentrates on the actual content (like Gopher).

I spent couple of nights just browsing random people’s pages and it felt like fresh air – and very reminiscient of the nineties web!

Give Gemini a try: https://gemini.circumlunar.space/

The Lagrange browser is quite nice to browse Gemini: https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/

[xnx]

For anyone nostalgic for this type of old/weird internet, you should check out TikTok before it becomes too commercial/formalized. Still a lot of weird/random/raw stuff on there.

[unicornporn]

I'm sincerely hoping that was a sarcastic comment.

[have_faith]

Try wiby.org, hit 'surprise me' a few times.

[ExtraServings]

They should have built the site in Tailwind...

[frogpelt]

The Million Dollar Homepage is still up.