Yeah it used to be like the wild west. Plenty of danger and exploration to be found. Now everything feels very samey, and overly sanitized. For better and worse. However I’m definitely glad some of the real seedy crap the old internet had is gone, or at least way harder to find.

I really miss them personal websites … I kind of really want to like learn to make my own little space and stuff. The HTML coding for them was so much fun.

Well yeah, and many sites are standardized to some extent via Google indexer requirements, Google ads and analytics, and Facebook bugs. Facebook has a profile on everyone even if they have never signed up for Facebook.

Yeah, that’s why I don’t like much how they are using this place to repost memes or tweets. It’s not content I really like, a written thought like yours will always be more genuine and personalized.