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What websites still feel like the old internet?

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cozy 90s BBS forums, obscure blogs, etc.

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superkret@feddit.org
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All of them, if you browse with Links.

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Nougat@fedia.io
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LYNX v2.9.2 released in May 2024.

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lnxtx@feddit.nl
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For better experience I recommend elinks.
Still in active development.

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superkret@feddit.org
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pretty sure links is just a link to elinks now in most distros.

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Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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I get most of the stills for my Star Trek memes from trekcore.com which has a pretty old-web feel to it.

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rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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If killing someone would help, I would kill for a Star Wars site like that

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AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world
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Came looking for zombo.com. Was not disappointed.

But then, zombo.com is the old Internet.

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mycodesucks@lemmy.world
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AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world
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I was there, Gandalf, when we named hosts after your horse and didn’t pronounce the “dot” in “.com”

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etchinghillside@reddthat.com
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I haven’t visited in a long time – but I can’t imagine Craigslist has changed much.

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astanix@lemmy.world
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It has not, though there really isn’t much posted there anymore. Facebook marketplace has replaced it for most stuff. :(

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Telorand@reddthat.com
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This was mentioned on another post a few months ago, but it depends on your locale. In some places, it’s Craigslist. Others, FB Marketplace.

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ABCDE@lemmy.world
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Depends where you live.

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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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What about craigslist casual encounters? I’d love to see facebook’s attempt at that.

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astanix@lemmy.world
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Facebook dating? Lol

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olympicyes@lemmy.world
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Craigslist is slightly cleaner looking that it used to be but the functionality and button placement is identical. I much prefer it to Facebook marketplace or OfferUp.

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tal@lemmy.today
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Not a website, but since you mention BBSes…one thing that would look pretty familiar to a 1990s Internet user would be most of the text-based MUDs, the ancestor of MMORPGs, that are around.

The MUD Connector is still around, and still has a list of active MUDs.

While I suspect that most dedicated MUDders use dedicated clients, the base protocol is still normally telnet, and you can use a plain old telnet client to play…a protocol that predates Internet Protocol itself.

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nocturne@sopuli.xyz
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I still mud on occasion. I used TinyFugue back when i started mudding in 88 or 89 (maybe lot was 89/90). I then used zMUD and later cMUD for years. Now I use MUDlet.

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