Retrowebnet

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A community dedicated to the websites and the internet before Y2K.

This is designed as a light chat community, meaning a place for casual discussions.

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Wiby classic web search (wiby.org)

submitted 1 day ago by AcidBurn@retrofed.com to c/retrowebnet@retrofed.com

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This is a web search that's manually revised, for old style websites and old style searching ... there are some really bizarre things you can find here, lol

A nice example:
https://myplace.frontier.com/~longrj2/humor/daffynitions.html

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[–] DosDude@retrofed.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I love it. The surprise me function should give me quite some entertainment. I've already learned about cinnamon, and found a star trek fansite online since 1994,and last updated at least 20 years ago.

Thanks

[–] AcidBurn@retrofed.com 2 points 20 hours ago

You're welcome!

Sometimes it's nice to have an internet experience that isn't shaped by dark patterns, where you can genuinely be surprised by ordinary things