Neocities for me is like picking up a game I used to love as a child. There are about 20 minutes of "OMG yes, this is what I have been wanting" and then you very quickly get bored and realize there isn't actually very much special or desirable about this old stuff. It was so great back then because it was new and novel. Once it stops being something to explore and be surprised by, the value is gone.

Yeah, it's like when Blizzard brought out World of Warcraft Classic for the people clamoring for Vanilla WoW...

Most people didn't remember that classic WoW was awful compared to modern WoW. It was ground-breaking for its time, for sure, but there were so many features added in later expansions that made major differences in quality of life.

One of the things that made WoW so great was how massive and open the world was. In 2004, it was incredibly impressive that you could travel across a continent and never have a single loading screen, and that you could have over 100 players all in one spot. But over 15 years later, those defining features were no longer defining. Everything that made WoW great in 2004 is now basically the baseline of expectations for any new game.

I don't find this is true because I see the updates from the people I follow as they're adding stuff over time. For casual browsing without building relationships or a follow-list, I agree it's not as good as e.g. Reddit or whatever.

Nah, trying to browse individual Neocities sites always feels like a chore. There are too many sites that have barely any content. I'm talking about 1 line of HTML.

It reminds me of those online dating profiles where there's no description besides "I'll fill this out later".