Re:Akiyoshi's Illusion Pages
by mwfj on Monday March 06, 2017 @08:44AM
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I miss the 1996-1997 type web sites. Ads and money has changed the web so much.
I recently had the idea to start a like 1994-style Yahoo-style web site that only links to sites which fulfill these conditions:
a) they have a lot of quality content
b) they only have minimal or no ads (absolutely no signups, freemium sites, 14-day trials etc).
c) no obnoxious self-advertising of a company's own brand (e.g. "Will It Blend? | Presented by Blendtec").
d) (this one is hard to quantify, but it's a kind of "I know it when I see it" thing) they were made with love and a desire to spread thoughts and creations.. rather than a desire for making money.
Obviously this directory site would not be a vehicle for making money. I also don't want this to be a hipster coolness thing. It's not the retro-ugly layouts I'm after, it's the content.
I recently had the idea to start a like 1994-style Yahoo-style web site that only links to sites which fulfill these conditions:
a) they have a lot of quality content
b) they only have minimal or no ads (absolutely no signups, freemium sites, 14-day trials etc).
c) no obnoxious self-advertising of a company's own brand (e.g. "Will It Blend? | Presented by Blendtec").
d) (this one is hard to quantify, but it's a kind of "I know it when I see it" thing) they were made with love and a desire to spread thoughts and creations.. rather than a desire for making money.
Obviously this directory site would not be a vehicle for making money. I also don't want this to be a hipster coolness thing. It's not the retro-ugly layouts I'm after, it's the content.
Stupid? Does it already exist?
The site that I came across that triggered this thought was http://www.americanradiohistory.com/ .