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Hey all. Since the Internet has just been boiled down to the main big social media sites, it feels like the magic is gone. Whens the last time someone said to you "hey check out this cool website"? It's always the same: TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, FB, Reddit, Discord. Forums are basically dead. Chat rooms are dead. Message boards are dead.

I miss that feeling of just discovering interesting or quirky websites. Lemmy is cool because it feels fresh and new, and there's not a boat load of users here yet. But what other sites do you guys use or can recommend? I remember browsing Joe cartoon, Newgrounds, weebls, Ebaums, failblog, damnlol, and a bunch of other stupid but either funny or interesting sites.

Are there sites out there that still have that early Internet vibe? I feel like there is a treasure trove of still active websites out there but I have no idea what they are. Any recommendations would be GREATLY appreciated.

Edit: I created !oldweb where these sorts of sites can be shared!

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[โ€“] d3Xt3r@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want old school and quirky, check out https://www.windows93.net/ A little less quirkier version of this is https://windows96.net/

[โ€“] klemptor@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

check out https://www.windows93.net/

Oh man, I have the feeling I'm going to waste so many hours of my life here haha

[โ€“] argv_minus_one@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

See also Infinite Mac and PCjs, which emulate a vintage computer in your browser and have disk images of various operating systems and applications from the '80s and '90s.

Infinite Mac uses several pre-existing Mac emulators like Basilisk II, compiled to WebAssembly, whereas the PCjs emulators are written from scratch in JavaScript. Interestingly, this demonstrates the advantages of WebAssembly, as Infinite Mac is significantly faster.