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Heard a guy at a flea market say he lost his whole Geocities site because he didn't back it up
Honestly, it was last weekend in Columbus, and this older guy was selling old computer parts. He mentioned his 'Space Jam' fan page from 1998 just vanished one day when the service shut down. He had all these MIDI files and visitor counters he made himself. It made me think, how many of those old Angelfire or Tripod sites are just gone forever now? Has anyone here actually managed to save a full copy of their own 90s site?
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uma_patel187mo ago
That Space Jam fan page detail hits hard. I had a whole Sailor Moon shrine on Angelfire with glitter graphics. Lost it all in 2005 when my family switched internet providers and I forgot the password. The visitor counters were the best part, watching those numbers climb. Feels like a whole piece of the early web just evaporated.
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hernandez.jordan7mo ago
Tbh I get the sadness but I kinda feel like that loss is part of what made those sites special. They were messy and temporary, not meant to last forever like everything is now. My own terrible Neopets fanpage with broken tables and a lava lamp gif was a moment in time. Having it still online somewhere would just be embarrassing, honestly. The web felt more alive because things actually could disappear.
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brians276mo ago
Remember when people would list their top five bands on their GeoCities page? Always made me laugh.
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