oh darn

we'll always have expages

NOOOO!

People actually used Geocities?

Burn in hell geocities.

I know some people that still use AOL.

You mean there was content among the broken links, horrific code, and ads?

It's cool, I heard about this thing called MySpace that lets anybody, I mean ANYBODY, put up their own website, for FREE! I hope it has some easy ways to customize the look, though, because I've seen some web graphics that SPARKLE, and I totally want to use them.

I'll say it once (in the redlit version) and I'll say it again:

But who will host the lunatic fringe and 1994-era family photo sites with blinking text then? angelfire?


//haven't used geocities since the mid-90s. Haven't trusted a site on it..well, ever.

vernonFL: I know some people that still use AOL.

Citation needed if they're under 65..or above a 70 IQ..

Zimmy: People actually used Geocities?

Short thread.

If you listen really hard, you can hear a MIDI version of "Taps" being played in the distance.

I really enjoyed xkcd's tribute to GeoCities today. And by "enjoyed" I mean "It burns! Make it stop!" I forgot that the Web really looked like that.

Don't adjust your browser Link (new window)

Why is this sad? This is like having a benign tumor taken off. I wasn't really worried, but damn it's nice without it.

vernonFL: I know some people that still use AOL.

AOL is an Abortion of the devil him self.

Somaticasual: But who will host the lunatic fringe and 1994-era family photo sites with blinking text then? angelfire?

Angelfire deleted my files without telling me, shot my dog, and raped my sister.

I know some people that still use AOL.

My mom told me this weekend that she's finally going to get broadband but she's going to keep AOL for a while because "she likes it".

//we had to remove the VCR from her house while she slept.

Zimmy: People actually used Geocities?

How else could I test my cure for epilepsy?

But what will become of the Icy Hot Stuntazz??!?!?!?!?!?!?!111


http://www.geocities.com/icyhotstuntazz/ichstun.jpg

The quote at the end of the article nails it.

/My "website" was on Angelfire, so I'm safe

And the rest of the internet will be closing down in mid-November. It had a good run but it just didn't catch on. Remember to save your last few lolcats.

RIP your geocities image hotlinks.

I've been using a Geocities account as a "thumb drive" for about 13 years now. Started paying the $5/month for FTP access not long after they made that a paid feature.

(If you were as absentminded about losing thumb drives as I am, you'd know what a good deal that is.)

Somaticasual: I'll say it once (in the redlit version) and I'll say it again:

But who will host the lunatic fringe and 1994-era family photo sites with blinking text then? angelfire?


//haven't used geocities since the mid-90s. Haven't trusted a site on it..well, ever.

Ah Geocities. The site that introduced me to pop-ups. And pop-unders.

Shouldn't it be 'Rest in Animated Gifs'?

I would be interested to know the percentage of flat HTML that just vanished from the face of the Earth.

Oh, snap.

Really hit the nostalgia sectors hard, this. I can vividly remember programming my first webpage at the tender age of 14 and throwing it up on GeoCities.

Just.... damn. A farking decade! You've got to be kidding me.

I cant believe Suck.com hasn't posted a bit about this.

/a fish, a barrel, and a smoking gun

I had 'The Losers' Place in Space on GC. Over a million hits before it went down.
Sad, it was my first site, horribly done, and completely lacking in content.
Pretty much like ever other page on it.
;)
RIP

platkat: Somaticasual: But who will host the lunatic fringe and 1994-era family photo sites with blinking text then? angelfire?

Angelfire deleted my files without telling me, shot my dog, and raped my sister.

Seriously? Same here actually. I registered one of their directory sites (in/sited) about 12-13 years ago. Then, one day a couple of years ago, I got an email saying they had deleted the page and its contents because it may infringe on one of their promotions. It turns out they were going to use InSited or something similar for their newest campaign.

A week later, I got a letter of apology saying they had re-instated the site and were sorry for deleting my site. Amusingly enough, that campaign disappeared promptly.

//yeah, yeah. "riveting tale, chap" territory..

I didn't even realise it was still around. I thought it had died years ago.

Don't worry, Tripod is still up and running for your awesome web page needs!

Back in the days before Picasa, i used Geocities to host photos of my (then) new baby. If more than 2 family members viewed them, my bandwidth would be out for the rest of the week

Yahoo ran the site into the ground.
Just like Disney will with Marvel and Obama will with healthcare.

My Baloney Has No First Name: I really enjoyed xkcd's tribute to GeoCities today. And by "enjoyed" I mean "It burns! Make it stop!" I forgot that the Web really looked like that.

Heh. My response exactly. I thought something had gone terribly, horribly wrong.

/It's like that cartoon that gives you seizures.

Yahoo itself is not far behind.

Midnight Rambler: lh5.ggpht.com

Because Geocities is toast, shouldn't those pictures say "UNDER DECONSTRUCTION" now?

The worst site on the web - happily (and ironically) hosted by angelfire

genner: Yahoo ran the site into the ground.
Just like Disney will with Marvel and Obama will with healthcare.

did al gore invent geo cities? If you really want to affect global climate change in a positive way then please kill yourself andyour children now. Do it for the kids. Don't you care about the children?

Sad? That site farking sucked even when the internet was young.

What will Timecube guy do?

"It's humorous somewhat to go back and look at it -- it's so simple compared to what Web sites are now," she said. "It almost seems innocent."

Who says that? With the whole "I showed them my U2 website and got the job" story...sounds totally made up. And stupid.

Somaticasual: The worst site on the web - happily (and ironically) hosted by angelfire

I don't see what's so bad about that, but then again, I'm a sucker for the William Tell Overture.