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Websites that are Dead to Me.

Lets take a trip down memory lane and remember sites that are defunct.

My nomination GeoCities gone in just 10 short years from 2009-2019.

by Anonymousreply 223December 23, 2022 1:35 AM

Curbed

by Anonymousreply 1May 2, 2021 2:25 AM

Fametracker

by Anonymousreply 2May 2, 2021 2:28 AM

Men In Briefs

by Anonymousreply 3May 2, 2021 2:32 AM

Datalounge.

It’s just a right-wing hate outlet mixed with irrelevant pop namedropping and copycats.

by Anonymousreply 4May 2, 2021 2:35 AM

Suck.com

by Anonymousreply 5May 2, 2021 2:37 AM

IMDb (since they got rid of the message boards).

by Anonymousreply 6May 2, 2021 2:39 AM

R4 get a grip. Some rightwing trolls might show up but DL is not right wing. If you think so, you have zero comprehension and maybe need to go hang out at stormfront for some perspective.

by Anonymousreply 7May 2, 2021 2:39 AM

rentboy.com

by Anonymousreply 8May 2, 2021 2:42 AM

Craigslist - Casual Encounters

by Anonymousreply 9May 2, 2021 2:43 AM

PornHub

It’s only a shell of its former self after being stripped of its video content leaving behind nothing but verified users’ 10 minute trailer clips for major porn studios.

by Anonymousreply 10May 2, 2021 2:46 AM

[quote] Craigslist - Casual Encounters

That's not a website. It is a section of a website. Craigslist is still around.

by Anonymousreply 11May 2, 2021 2:48 AM

You’re right. And I am drunk. Drunk drunk DRUNK!

But now their whole site is DEAD TO ME - after they axed the personals!

[italic]summun splain the question tu me.....

by Anonymousreply 12May 2, 2021 2:55 AM

Seriously, CL for anything....it's a black hole.

by Anonymousreply 13May 2, 2021 2:58 AM

MySpace.

by Anonymousreply 14May 2, 2021 2:59 AM

Cruisingforsex.com

by Anonymousreply 15May 2, 2021 3:00 AM

FatHairyDwarfPregnantAmputeeMilkersAnal.com (1996-2019)

I miss the general sex sites like that one disappearing because everything is now so specific.

by Anonymousreply 16May 2, 2021 3:16 AM

Gay.com

by Anonymousreply 17May 2, 2021 3:37 AM

yahoogroups

by Anonymousreply 18May 2, 2021 3:40 AM

Look at this fucking hipster.

by Anonymousreply 19May 2, 2021 3:58 AM

Gay.com IS dead. I had no idea. It was my go to site back then in my coming out years. That's a bummer.

by Anonymousreply 20May 2, 2021 3:59 AM

altavista.com or studentcenter.com, which was like social media before social media

by Anonymousreply 21May 2, 2021 4:10 AM

Realestalker

Decorno

Defamer

Cutewithchris

Domino

Consumerist

Glossy perfumed magazines (can’t remember exact title)

by Anonymousreply 22May 2, 2021 4:22 AM

I remember Gay.com.

So many hours spent in the chat rooms.

A few "dates", too.

by Anonymousreply 23May 2, 2021 4:23 AM

Geocities was not a website; it was a hosting platform for websites that users built for free. And it was around much earlier than 2009. I think it launched sometime in the mid to late 90s.

Sometimes I miss the early days of the web, when it was all kooky, extremely amateur-looking Geocities and Angelfire pages built by freaks and geeks to indulge their random and often very bizarre interests. Remember Peter Pan Guy? Or that site devoted exclusively to pics of people with mullets?

by Anonymousreply 24May 2, 2021 4:45 AM

[quote] Remember Peter Pan Guy?

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by Anonymousreply 25May 2, 2021 4:47 AM

[quote] Remember Peter Pan Guy?

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by Anonymousreply 26May 2, 2021 4:48 AM

ivillage

by Anonymousreply 27May 2, 2021 4:50 AM

Oh, and

Blairmagazine - named after Ms. Warner from “Facts of Life”. Lovely issues with Pirate shirts, step-ins, International Male....

by Anonymousreply 28May 2, 2021 4:50 AM

[quote] ivillage

We now can't go back to it.

We're here to stay.

by Anonymousreply 29May 2, 2021 4:51 AM

fugly.net

by Anonymousreply 30May 2, 2021 4:58 AM

r9 I got phenomenal dick from there once in 2010.

by Anonymousreply 31May 2, 2021 4:58 AM

r26 Yes. And the most shocking thing about him is that he's straight.

by Anonymousreply 32May 2, 2021 4:59 AM

Is that peter pan guy still doing that??

by Anonymousreply 33May 2, 2021 5:00 AM

45office.com

by Anonymousreply 34May 2, 2021 5:04 AM

[quote] Is that peter pan guy still doing that??

I hope not. He's 67.

by Anonymousreply 35May 2, 2021 5:05 AM

I miss Netscape Navigator!

by Anonymousreply 36May 2, 2021 5:07 AM

[quote]It’s only a shell of its former self after being stripped of its video content

It was never “its” video content. It was other peoples’ content, posted by random douchebags so they could also steal videos posted by other random douchebags.

by Anonymousreply 37May 2, 2021 5:12 AM

R31 more details, dear.

by Anonymousreply 38May 2, 2021 5:16 AM

Jump the Shark

by Anonymousreply 39May 2, 2021 5:18 AM

I think it's still around, but Dlisted. Michael K, just sell it to fucking People magazine and be done with it. It's pathetic what it's become. Not that I've visited recently, maybe he re-embraced it, or maybe it's really gone-gone by now.

R22 I miss Realestalker They got bought out by or sold to Variety, and I think the brain(s) behind it, initially continued to write the column, but the writing was forcibly santized. No more "poopers" or "terlits", no more talking about their hot bitches (their dogs) no more blind items or gossip. Gone was the fabulously brassy style that made it so funny, charming, yet informative.

I hope they got a LOT of money from that transaction.

by Anonymousreply 40May 2, 2021 5:26 AM

PerezHilton. He used to be "in the zeitgeist." Now he's just not. He must miss it.

by Anonymousreply 41May 2, 2021 5:33 AM

r35 That's precisely the reason why I hope that he IS still doing it.

by Anonymousreply 42May 2, 2021 5:35 AM

Trump and the GOP totally made Craigslist worthless by getting rid of the personal ads....There were rumors the owner was going to get a giant payday by selling it off in the early 2010s or go public. Now its probably worthless. Owner Craig Newmark claims he is "happy" he didn't sell. I seriously doubt that. And at least you could RESCUE women and victims with the personal ads and arrest people..How did shutting that down help anything?

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by Anonymousreply 43May 2, 2021 5:35 AM

What happened to GAY.com.....Now it takes you to the LA LGBT Center. Filled with "inspirational" lesbian stories and old timer gays talking about their golden years.

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by Anonymousreply 44May 2, 2021 5:42 AM

Television Without Pity

by Anonymousreply 45May 2, 2021 5:42 AM

fuckedcompany.com, aka okaygood.com, and its creator, Philip Pud Kaplan.

A great source of first-hand commentary before and after the 1999 tech wreck in Silicon Valley.

by Anonymousreply 46May 2, 2021 5:44 AM

r38 Very hot 28yo 'straight' blonde blue eyed French Canadian from New Brunswick. Athletic body, nice cut 8" dick. He eagerly and expertly went down on me for a solid while. Then he fucked me exceptionally well for what seemed like an eternity.

by Anonymousreply 47May 2, 2021 5:46 AM

Anyone remember Fat Chicks in Party Hats dot com?

by Anonymousreply 48May 2, 2021 5:46 AM

[quote] Anyone remember Fat Chicks in Party Hats dot com?

The Wayback Machine does.

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by Anonymousreply 49May 2, 2021 5:48 AM

[quote]r22 Cutewithchris... Domino... Consumerist...

Domino’s CLOSED ? ?

by Anonymousreply 50May 2, 2021 5:50 AM

HOTorNOT

by Anonymousreply 51May 2, 2021 5:50 AM

Low Carb Friends.com

by Anonymousreply 52May 2, 2021 5:52 AM

that fat chick site! lolz

by Anonymousreply 53May 2, 2021 5:53 AM

Pai Kin Khao which was a great website about Thai cooking. God, I wish I had written all of those recipes down.

by Anonymousreply 54May 2, 2021 5:57 AM

This is Stormfront, r7.

You’re in denial.

by Anonymousreply 55May 2, 2021 5:57 AM

R47 that was so hot until he sucked your dick. Thanks anyway.

by Anonymousreply 56May 2, 2021 5:58 AM

Pinknews

by Anonymousreply 57May 2, 2021 5:58 AM

[quote]Is that peter pan guy still doing that??

He's playing Pink Floyd songs in Ybor City, as one does.

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by Anonymousreply 58May 2, 2021 6:02 AM

Television without Pity and Fametracker were GREAT. Is there anything like them anymore?

Horsey’s Male Nudes or whatever

What was the site with cameras recording the cute guy like 24/7? Like Sean Patrick Live or something?

by Anonymousreply 59May 2, 2021 6:25 AM

is livejournal still around?

by Anonymousreply 60May 2, 2021 6:26 AM

Curbed is gone? RealEstalker, too?

by Anonymousreply 61May 2, 2021 6:30 AM

Curbed was absorbed by something else and it’s now paywalled.

by Anonymousreply 62May 2, 2021 6:33 AM

DeFecto and his sock puppets are why DL sucks now.

by Anonymousreply 63May 2, 2021 6:37 AM

Another vote for fuckedcompany.com. Great info and more than a few comments were hilarious.

by Anonymousreply 64May 2, 2021 6:38 AM

IsAnyoneUp?

AwfulPlasticSurgery.com

by Anonymousreply 65May 2, 2021 6:38 AM

[quote] Horsey’s Male Nudes or whatever

Horsey’s Nude Male Dishcussion Board

by Anonymousreply 66May 2, 2021 6:40 AM

Twogirlsandacup.com

by Anonymousreply 67May 2, 2021 6:48 AM

"Curbed was absorbed by something else and it’s now paywalled."

Yeah, Curbed is now part of New York Magazine and you have to pay (though I don't think much). There's some okay peeks into apartments/houses, but it's nothing like it was before with the main site and all the individual cities.

by Anonymousreply 68May 2, 2021 6:49 AM

TWoP, Jump the Shark, IMDb message boards, and of course updates on the A list.

by Anonymousreply 69May 2, 2021 7:24 AM

[Quote]IMDb message boards

+100

by Anonymousreply 70May 2, 2021 7:35 AM

Queerty, Towleroad, Advocate and all the other formerly gay now trans-ed sites.

by Anonymousreply 71May 2, 2021 8:21 AM

Lemmingtrail

by Anonymousreply 72May 2, 2021 8:24 AM

Gawker

by Anonymousreply 73May 2, 2021 8:25 AM

Internet Explorer

Ask Jeeves

by Anonymousreply 74May 2, 2021 8:26 AM

r49 I recently disordered The Wayback Machine and it is, bar none, the single greatest thing I've found online since the very first time I logged on during computer class in 1997.

by Anonymousreply 75May 2, 2021 8:32 AM

^^^ discovered

It's too early to be posting and I'm still on my first cup of coffee.

by Anonymousreply 76May 2, 2021 8:43 AM

Is geocities archived anywhere? I’d like to find my first “website”, circa , um,1996-7?

by Anonymousreply 77May 2, 2021 10:21 AM

My old favorite isheshegay.com which was where I discovered DL from.

by Anonymousreply 78May 2, 2021 10:28 AM

Sad. The Stormfront Trolls are even in this thread.

by Anonymousreply 79May 2, 2021 10:31 AM

I have not visited yahoo.com in a decade or more, and yet it was huge 20 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 80May 2, 2021 10:33 AM

Well, Boris is one of only a few regular posters anymore, r79. And he shits EVERY bed like every thread.

by Anonymousreply 81May 2, 2021 10:42 AM

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Tumblr (since the porn ban), BDSMLR (since tech issues).

newtumbl.com is the way to go for me, been there since more than a year. it's quite decent with a lot of tumblr refugees

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by Anonymousreply 82May 2, 2021 10:48 AM

Lurid Digs

Though one hears rumors of a return . . .

by Anonymousreply 83May 2, 2021 10:52 AM

Gawker

MarkAllenCam

Maskon

by Anonymousreply 84May 2, 2021 10:54 AM

Christwire.org

by Anonymousreply 85May 2, 2021 10:57 AM

lspg.com, the admin is a douche

by Anonymousreply 86May 2, 2021 11:09 AM

TheFameDriven.com. Broke the AR-KL story and pimped it here on DL

by Anonymousreply 87May 2, 2021 12:26 PM

Andrew Sullivan's site. I'm sure he's still posting but no one cares. He was considered revolutionary at one time in that he was one of the first to make money off of a personal blog.

by Anonymousreply 88May 2, 2021 12:32 PM

Manhunt.net

AOLM4M

RateMyGasMask

Conexxion

by Anonymousreply 89May 2, 2021 12:33 PM

Adam4adam

by Anonymousreply 90May 2, 2021 12:35 PM

Splendora.com

Orkut.com

by Anonymousreply 91May 2, 2021 12:44 PM

Michfest.com

Shine on, you crazy diamonds.

by Anonymousreply 92May 2, 2021 12:49 PM

Epsteinsisland.com

by Anonymousreply 93May 2, 2021 12:55 PM

ATKOL forums

by Anonymousreply 94May 2, 2021 1:19 PM

Q Whip.

by Anonymousreply 95May 2, 2021 1:20 PM

pets.com

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by Anonymousreply 96May 2, 2021 1:24 PM

I loved “2 Stars, One Slot” on Fametracker.

by Anonymousreply 97May 2, 2021 1:26 PM

ghettotracker.com

a way for visitors to avoid ending up in the hood unwittingly due to "route agnostic" mapping apps.

PC culture wouldn't go for this type thing

Oh look i got to use this new corporate speak term!

by Anonymousreply 98May 2, 2021 1:35 PM

I used to have a blog account on the old Vox.com

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by Anonymousreply 99May 2, 2021 1:43 PM

milkmilklemonade.com

by Anonymousreply 100May 2, 2021 1:45 PM

Bear Quay

by Anonymousreply 101May 2, 2021 1:55 PM

wherethefudgeismade.com

by Anonymousreply 102May 2, 2021 1:57 PM

R89, Connexion was a great and terribly underrated site, obviously also in terms of visits. It had the bones of a gay LinkedIn, a website that connected gay professionals, which I thought was a very helpful angle. I thought it had lots of relevancy. But then it went the way of many other gay themed sites that couldn't make ends meet by just displaying more or less flashy ads.

Is there another website that has taken the connect-gay-professionals space? Or is it really just LinkedIn now?

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by Anonymousreply 103May 2, 2021 2:05 PM

R90, despair not Adam4Adam is still there, I never cared for it much but I have a friend that still uses it and gets messages all the time, he doesn't seem to like anyone who messages him but that is another topic.

by Anonymousreply 104May 2, 2021 2:05 PM

Gayuniverse.com. Predated gay.com I think.

by Anonymousreply 105May 2, 2021 2:18 PM

Pine Valley Bulletin

by Anonymousreply 106May 2, 2021 2:41 PM

AfterElton.

I loved how the site, back then, covered any show and series with any kind of gay content. Even foreign shows like the German daily soap Verbotene Liebe. Then Glee came along and it was the beginning of the end where fangirls gave the site so many clicks that the owners could sell it off for a profit and the new owners destroyed it making it more about fangirl shipping than the shows with actual gay content.

by Anonymousreply 107May 2, 2021 2:57 PM

honeypot.com

by Anonymousreply 108May 2, 2021 2:58 PM

Is the gay gossip message board "IsHeorIsntHe" still around?

There is also the infamous David Kruezer Report about a completely insane porn blogger who covered porn news, but mainly used the site to share his personal grievances with gay porn stars, producers, and managers. It was totally insane. One day he was BFFs with someone and the next he badmouthed that guy for not answering his emails fast enough.

by Anonymousreply 109May 2, 2021 3:04 PM

Deadspin, Wonkette, Dlisted and Perez Hilton are dead to me but they live on in some form. They got lame or I got old.

by Anonymousreply 110May 2, 2021 3:05 PM

I still love Dlisted, because of the hilarious Hot Slut of the Month feature presenting all kinds of cool or weird animals and people. Or his snarky nostalgia posts about stuff from the late 80s and early 90s. The site's shade throwing, using official press releases, got a bit dull though. Don't know if that's because it done now by guest writers.

However, I have to admit that I am kind of proud of myself for resisting the morbid urge to check Perez's site.

by Anonymousreply 111May 2, 2021 3:15 PM

Any UK people here ever use Outeverywhere? It finally shut down in 2019. It had really lively discussion forums at one time, but people dwindled away. It became dominated by the same small group of people arguing about the same points on every thread. Lessons to be learnt.

by Anonymousreply 112May 2, 2021 3:21 PM

wetasspussy.com was bought out and shut down before the launch of the song.

by Anonymousreply 113May 2, 2021 3:29 PM

About 17 years ago or more there was a site I used to look at at work to waste time, I think it was called Tubehell, up-to-date reports on the London underground. It doesn't exist anymore.

by Anonymousreply 114May 2, 2021 3:35 PM

Why did IMDb close down the message boards? I miss them something fierce! I used to love watching movies/shows and then finding their specific forums and discussing the films with others.

by Anonymousreply 115May 2, 2021 3:51 PM

I hate the IMDB app, which it flips into whenever I look at something there. Does it exist as a website anymore? It’s interface and usability are zilch as an app.

by Anonymousreply 116May 2, 2021 3:53 PM

Gay.com was like the original Grindr. I had many hookups in the late 90s/early 00s.

by Anonymousreply 117May 2, 2021 3:59 PM

Friendster.

Pink is the new blog (most blogs in fact).

Fupa Hunter hasn't posted anything new in eons.

by Anonymousreply 118May 2, 2021 4:10 PM

Tumblr

by Anonymousreply 119May 2, 2021 4:11 PM

Ditto to the message boards on IMDb. I was upset when they just erased them. There was the usual clutter, but also some remarkable discussions about films. Especially rare or little-known films. I loved that you could look up any obscure film and scroll to the message board and there would be people taking about it. What a loss!

by Anonymousreply 120May 2, 2021 4:20 PM

R107 I miss AfterElton too. Loved that it was pop control from the gay perspective. I still remember when the lead guy from that da Vinci series came on to apologize for the show degaying him. Logo destroyed it when the turned it into The Backlot. But who are we kidding. If it was still around, it would be named AfterElliot and it would be all trannie all the time

by Anonymousreply 121May 2, 2021 4:23 PM

The Atkol forums were great. It's such a shame when all that gathered information just disappears. It's so valuable to future historians wanting to look back at this time, trying to understand what went on. It's like Yahoo Groups going too. All that collected information just evaporating.

by Anonymousreply 122May 2, 2021 4:38 PM

cruisingforsex.com

by Anonymousreply 123May 2, 2021 4:46 PM

Goregasm.com

It was horrific but I couldn’t look away.

by Anonymousreply 124May 2, 2021 4:54 PM

The Advocate and Out have the absolute worst editors/writers in all of media writing for them. They have no copy editor and they now specialize in click bait. Also, the owner donates to anti-gay organizations and the company is forever being sued for not paying their writers.

by Anonymousreply 125May 2, 2021 4:58 PM

R70 The imdb message boards are linked below. Someone grabbed everything, so all the threads from the beginning of imdb ​are there and new threads constantly. Just do a search for the movie or show you want to discuss.

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by Anonymousreply 126May 2, 2021 5:21 PM

Planetsocks.com, the original reality TV snark forums.

Also, although I only checked it out once out of morbid curiosity, and regretted it after, rotten.com.

by Anonymousreply 127May 2, 2021 5:22 PM

[...]

by Anonymousreply 128May 2, 2021 5:24 PM

R126 Holy shit you’re right! Thank you!!!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 129May 2, 2021 5:35 PM

Is the dirty still around?

by Anonymousreply 130May 2, 2021 5:49 PM

I enjoyed all the mullet-siting (hair style) websites. E.g., Mullet Junky, Mullets Across America. The websites still exist, I think, but not as active as they used to be.

One man's mullet journey is still on the web, though (below).

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by Anonymousreply 131May 2, 2021 6:27 PM

R129 My pleasure! It totally saved me!

by Anonymousreply 132May 2, 2021 6:53 PM

[Quote] Also, the owner donates to anti-gay organizations

R125 The Advocate? Out?? How can this be? I will boycott them if this is true. I have to.

by Anonymousreply 133May 2, 2021 7:48 PM

There was an article published last fall about it, but I can't find it. The previous owners of Out and Advocate would scrub the internet to get rid of all their bad press.

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by Anonymousreply 134May 2, 2021 8:38 PM

Why is any Datalounge member still subscribing to OUT or The Advocate?

by Anonymousreply 135May 2, 2021 8:39 PM

Fuck subscribing. I won’t even go to their website. Oh the cynicism and hypocrisy, I could just... just... go ahead without me I’m verklempt. Where are my pearls?

by Anonymousreply 136May 2, 2021 8:52 PM

I remember the good old days of search engines like Lycos and AskJeeves.

by Anonymousreply 137May 2, 2021 8:56 PM

Adam4adam is nothing but methies and scam profiles from Ghana.

by Anonymousreply 138May 2, 2021 8:58 PM

The owners of Queerty, who are two really creepy older guys, don't want anyone over 40 reading their site. They fired all their writers over 40, all their trans writers, and all their Black writers. The publish click bait headlines to get the millennial and z-lennial advertising dollars.

by Anonymousreply 139May 2, 2021 9:00 PM

[quote]I remember the good old days of search engines like Lycos and AskJeeves.

I was an AltaVista gal myself.

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by Anonymousreply 140May 2, 2021 9:00 PM

Scam profiles from Ghana? Asking for money? Still?

by Anonymousreply 141May 2, 2021 9:00 PM

There were so many search engines back in the day.

I'd never heard of Google until early naughties.

by Anonymousreply 142May 2, 2021 9:14 PM

For most of my life I stuck with yahoo as my search engine of choice. Only a year ago I switched to Google, because I was too lazy to find a decent one. I don't do that many searches these days anyway.

by Anonymousreply 143May 2, 2021 9:22 PM

Google debuted in 1998, so it probably took a few years to catch on.

by Anonymousreply 144May 2, 2021 9:22 PM

I'm sure I used Ask Jeeves for years.

by Anonymousreply 145May 2, 2021 9:23 PM

Who Would You Kill?

by Anonymousreply 146May 2, 2021 9:26 PM

The I Hate Felicity blog, which I believe was the first site to recap TV series episodes.

by Anonymousreply 147May 2, 2021 9:28 PM

This is super random but there used to be a website dedicated to everything about the film LOGAN’S RUN that was mind-blowing. It was called Vicki’s City Of Domes. It was started in like 1997 and became so full of information about the film over the years, she was even tracing the history of the films’ background extras! It was one of the most obsessive film worship websites I’ve ever seen. The photos she dug up were incredible. And the url was one of those weird free ones you got with a Netscape account, like snowcreast.netscape.vicki or something. It was up forever and only went down, finally, about ten years ago. I miss it! (big fan of the film here)

by Anonymousreply 148May 2, 2021 9:46 PM

Joan's Evil Corner, an anti–Joan Rivers site that documented Joan's weird vendetta against Gillian Anderson

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by Anonymousreply 149May 2, 2021 9:51 PM

^ Note: Not technically dead but wasn't updated regularly after the late '90s; and it still has that Web 1.0 look.

by Anonymousreply 150May 2, 2021 9:54 PM

that was you, r149!

by Anonymousreply 151May 2, 2021 9:54 PM

[quote]Blairmagazine - named after Ms. Warner from “Facts of Life”. Lovely issues with Pirate shirts, step-ins, International Male....

Blair was the very essence of late-'90s snark. No longer online but archived.

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by Anonymousreply 152May 2, 2021 10:04 PM

In case you were wondering, I accidentally deleted my original Gap In-Store Playlists blog.

The new site is up and running!

Did YOU work at GAP and save the paper playlists that came with each month's CD/tape? If so, please share them with me!

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by Anonymousreply 153May 2, 2021 10:13 PM

alt.showbiz.gossip and alt.gossip.celebrities.

They still may be out there, but they're nowhere near what they were during their late-90s heyday. Some truly witty people posted there.

The "A-List" post was a classic. It was a sort of user-expanded index of all the gossip/rumors connected to any celebrity you can think of (I will never think of Sylvester Stallone again without thinking of "juggle da balls" 😄)

Also, I think Matt Drudge started his Drudge Report on alt.showbiz.gossip.

by Anonymousreply 154May 2, 2021 10:21 PM

Remember the whole We Hate Shannon Dougherty thing? Early-ish 90’s? It was relegated to print ‘zines and goofy magazine articles and a national trend (I think there might have even been a ‘humor’ book). But she missed semi-permanent internet infamy by a few years.

by Anonymousreply 155May 2, 2021 10:28 PM

Courtneykilledkurt.com

by Anonymousreply 156May 2, 2021 10:29 PM

R149 Oh my god I loved reading that.

by Anonymousreply 157May 2, 2021 10:37 PM

Well Gillian won, because Joan is DEAD.

by Anonymousreply 158May 2, 2021 10:38 PM

[quote]Television without Pity and Fametracker were GREAT.

I used to love reading the Sons of Anarchy recaps on TWOP; they were better than the show itself

Another vote for Gawker. Even before they went under Gawker became very mean - not the "fun" bitchy in it's hey day

by Anonymousreply 159May 2, 2021 10:40 PM

fart.com

by Anonymousreply 160May 2, 2021 10:47 PM

Don't forget me! Hot Topic In-Store Cleaning Supplies 1992 to 2006 Blog

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by Anonymousreply 161May 2, 2021 11:39 PM

Yahoo was really the grim reaper for good internet ideas. They had GeoCities, a place for people to build online profiles or topical user generated websites. They had Yahoo Photos. Imagine a website where you can post or store your own pictures online. They had Yahoo Live where you post videos or live feeds. And then there was Yahoo Briefcase where you could store files online. Have you ever heard of such things? Right? Those are all dead ends. What internet user would want those things?

by Anonymousreply 162May 2, 2021 11:45 PM

But not all is lost: You can still create your own AOL email address.

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by Anonymousreply 163May 2, 2021 11:51 PM

Christ a Woman featured Vintage Hollywood female stars photoshopped into Renaissance religious paintings.

by Anonymousreply 164May 3, 2021 12:04 AM

I was shocked to find this is still out there.

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by Anonymousreply 165May 3, 2021 12:07 AM

MightyBigTV.com before it morphed into TWOP.

Bigdoggie.net

StainedApron.com

by Anonymousreply 166May 3, 2021 12:17 AM

[quote]R126 The imdb message boards are linked below. Someone grabbed everything, so all the threads from the beginning of imdb ​are there and new threads constantly. Just do a search for the movie or show you want to discuss.

Unfortunately, they weren’t able to grab “everything” because IMDb self scrubbed its message boards a few times over the years while the boards were still up and running.

But Movie Chat has captured a lot of what remained there at the end [bold] : ) [/bold]And we can add topics and posts like in the old days - there just won’t be as wide an audience responding.

by Anonymousreply 167May 3, 2021 12:23 AM

R167 Every single show and movie I ever commented on dating back to the early 2000's is there, including my comments from that time. I have yet to find anything from the beginning that isn't there, and it does stay pretty current. When a new movie or show airs, the posts are already starting when I look it up.

by Anonymousreply 168May 3, 2021 8:58 PM

DisturbingAuctions is a scrap of its former self.

It used to be so curated, graphically displayed and hilarious.

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by Anonymousreply 169May 3, 2021 9:15 PM

welovesoaps

by Anonymousreply 170May 3, 2021 9:17 PM

R165 this also still exists but hasn't been updated in a decade

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by Anonymousreply 171May 3, 2021 9:18 PM

Rexcam

Markallencam

Chaos in Austin

Seanpatricklive

...and others. I miss all this gay webcams of the early 00’s. Their radio shows and message boards and all the fan mayhem. It seems quaint technologically now, but at the time it felt so futuristically interactive.

by Anonymousreply 172May 3, 2021 9:25 PM

You're thinking of DAMON Kruezer of "Kreuzeratnight.com," R109. You probably confused him with David Forrest because they both blogged about gay porn stars.

Fortunately, Kreuzer's reputation as a cyberstalker and broke cyber-terrorist spread, so the gay porn industry stopped cooperating with him. He may have run into legal problems, too, as he was committing many crimes.

Unfortunately, Kreuzer discovered Datalounge during the Brent Corrigan/ Bryan Kocis murder scandals and began participating in threads here and even re-publishing some on his blog.

I believe Kruezer became one of our regular, mentally ill trolls and still lurks here. Lots of manic stalker threads, like those of Charmie or Pete Buttigieg and horror movies smack of Kreuzer.

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by Anonymousreply 173May 3, 2021 9:34 PM

r121 = Proof #831,908,403,975,409,238,751,098,798,183,401,275,980,137,542,785,310,985,309,218,532 that Boris the Nazi Incel invades EVERY thread and has to try to pervert EVERY TOPIC into right-wing hate propaganda or his drill sergeant at the Russian Internet Research Agency whips him.

by Anonymousreply 174May 3, 2021 9:42 PM

Nobody is wondering about you EVER, GapPlaylistGuy @ r153.

Except when you'll die in a grease fire.

by Anonymousreply 175May 3, 2021 9:50 PM

[quote] Did YOU work at GAP

Oh gorl, no. I had standards

by Anonymousreply 176May 3, 2021 10:23 PM

bettybowers.com (which started the first year of GW Bush) was much funnier and gayer than its present incarnation. Devan Green is fine, but her videos about Republican corruption are a bit obvious and liberal smug. I miss the separate pages for the Betty Bowers Ministries: "B.A.S.H. = Baptists Are Saving Homosexuals, B.I.T.C.H. = Bringing Integrity To Christian Homemakers S.L.U.T.S. = Saving Love Until The Sacrament, The "A Very Ramsey Christmas" TV Special, Sound Clips of Whitney Houston singing "Girl, We Got Some X!" (sounding like Marsha P. Johnson) and Whitneys'"Too Rich For Crack" Tour to benefit Betty's Christian Crackwhore Ministry.

by Anonymousreply 177May 4, 2021 12:27 AM

DEVEN not DEVAN

And he writes all that stuff. She just performs it. Agree he's become less clever about it over the years.

by Anonymousreply 178May 4, 2021 12:48 AM

Chisel.com

It was one of the very first gay porn web sites I subscribed to in the mid 90's. Now the domain is for some jewelry site. I wonder if the current owners know of its' past.

by Anonymousreply 179May 4, 2021 12:52 AM

R154 do you remember Kathy Mosesian, aka KKKathy from the Usenet days? She was one of the earliest and to this day most batshit trolls

by Anonymousreply 180May 4, 2021 12:52 AM

I don't think these have been mentioned, though they may be more notable as dot-bomb failures than their websites per se.

Webvan.com

Kozmo.com

Excite.com

by Anonymousreply 181May 4, 2021 1:05 AM

I miss cruisingforsex.com. Good times as I was coming of age.

by Anonymousreply 182May 4, 2021 1:10 AM

The good part of Craigslist is gone

by Anonymousreply 183May 4, 2021 1:11 AM

Cheryls Pussy Stinks dot com

by Anonymousreply 184May 4, 2021 1:31 AM

R147 It wasn't. Alan Sepinwall posted recaps for NYPD Blue on his fan site starting in 1993.

Does anyone remember a site devoted to a tony onepiece tong swimsuit Pia Zadora wore at the Cannes Film Festival?

by Anonymousreply 185May 4, 2021 2:09 AM

tumblr.com

by Anonymousreply 186May 4, 2021 7:17 AM

instagram.com : too many people literally get killed whilst taking pics/selfies

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by Anonymousreply 187May 4, 2021 7:24 AM

onlyfans

by Anonymousreply 188May 4, 2021 2:23 PM

nightcharm forum

by Anonymousreply 189May 4, 2021 2:25 PM

The old purple.com. It was a purple screen with a few hidden links (in the same shade of purple) with information about the color purple

To me, it epitomizes the randomness of the early internet

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by Anonymousreply 190May 4, 2021 2:35 PM

R171 funny that they included Fess Parker on that Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians site, because there was an episode of THE GOLDEN GIRLS where they pointed out several times that Dorothy looks like Fess Parker in heels. XD

by Anonymousreply 191May 4, 2021 2:39 PM

I miss Tumblr when the hot photos were there and I could write hot erotic fiction to go with the photos!

by Anonymousreply 192May 4, 2021 2:52 PM

tumblr.com RIP

by Anonymousreply 193May 5, 2021 7:14 AM

r193 newtumble.com the best follow up ever :) lots of gay tumblr refugees

by Anonymousreply 194May 10, 2021 11:31 AM

[quote]instagram.com : too many people literally get killed whilst taking pics/selfies

Fine by me. Weeds out the stupid.

by Anonymousreply 195May 10, 2021 12:22 PM

[quote] Datalounge.

Well you're here, and you're responding to posts. So it must not be dead to you after all.

by Anonymousreply 196May 10, 2021 12:25 PM

[quote] tumblr.com RIP

Has tumblr not come back after Verizon sold it again?

by Anonymousreply 197May 10, 2021 2:00 PM

Prestel and Minitel

by Anonymousreply 198May 10, 2021 2:04 PM

How is Queerty still a thing? The writers seem like they're still in high school and there's no copy editing on the site. The owners are reportedly white supremacists/misogynists. It should be cancelled.

by Anonymousreply 199May 11, 2021 6:52 PM

There was a website by a funny and wicked woman who called herself “Princess Natalie” IIRC. She was a sort of demanding sugar baby and doninatrix and would berate men and demand they send her money and presents. She lived on CA or Nevada and complained about the Mexicans. She had a quiz called “Are You A Lopez?” I don’t know, I guess you had to see it. It sounds horrible but it was funny. I remember laughing out loud and wondering if she was serious.

There was also a BDF guy Jon who had an early blog called “Prehensile Tales”. I had a bit of a crush on him.

by Anonymousreply 200May 11, 2021 7:02 PM

If anyone was in a web design over 20 years ago you probably remember DerBauer.de. Crazy ass German web designers

Also rate a rod.com

by Anonymousreply 201May 11, 2021 7:23 PM

r197 not really, they are still booting off people (regularly see new "refugees" over at newtumbl.com)

by Anonymousreply 202May 12, 2021 8:24 AM

r202 I am one of those

by Anonymousreply 203May 13, 2021 8:24 AM

I haven't seen any tumblr originated pics here lately, guess that kind of proves that tumblr is dead (at least to porn)

by Anonymousreply 204May 13, 2021 8:25 AM

Does anyone remember Entertainment Weekly message boards?

by Anonymousreply 205May 13, 2021 8:43 AM

Remember when the Advocate wasn't embarrassing and hired real, legit writers? It was purchased for a song by the owners of High Times who donate to antigay politicians. I don't understand why it hasn't been canceled in this climate.

by Anonymousreply 206May 13, 2021 6:05 PM

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by Anonymousreply 207May 13, 2021 6:08 PM

I've heard from many people that The Advocate doesn't pay its writers even after they sign contracts. The writing on that site is filled with typos and grammatic errors so they obviously don't pay their copy editor either.

by Anonymousreply 208May 13, 2021 6:26 PM

[quote]bettybowers.com (which started the first year of GW Bush) was much funnier and gayer than its present incarnation. Devan Green is fine, but her videos about Republican corruption are a bit obvious and liberal smug. I miss the separate pages for the Betty Bowers Ministries: "B.A.S.H. = Baptists Are Saving Homosexuals, B.I.T.C.H. = Bringing Integrity To Christian Homemakers S.L.U.T.S. = Saving Love Until The Sacrament, The "A Very Ramsey Christmas" TV Special, Sound Clips of Whitney Houston singing "Girl, We Got Some X!" (sounding like Marsha P. Johnson) and Whitneys'"Too Rich For Crack" Tour to benefit Betty's Christian Crackwhore Ministry.

The one that took me out was Baptists Invoking God's Old Testament Standards (BIGOTS) and their Ex-Negro Ministry, a parody of Exodus International. Ironically, John Faulk was busted at the gay bar around the time this was posted.

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by Anonymousreply 209December 22, 2022 8:41 PM

^ Oops, John Paulk

by Anonymousreply 210December 22, 2022 8:41 PM

This one's about the worst.

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by Anonymousreply 211December 22, 2022 9:08 PM

I know gays who met over Tumblr. Like one lesbian couple I was friends with. I used to chat with a cute guy on there. It reminded me a bit of Myspace which people used to hook up on too. Anything that gays like gets gentrified.

by Anonymousreply 212December 22, 2022 9:34 PM

I had several Yahoo Groups which I started in the early 2000s. Hey were music groups and sports club related with members from a few hundred to 5,000. They were getting less active after 2010 and eventually Yahoo closed down all the groups. It was a good idea for it's time but social media sites eclipsed them.

by Anonymousreply 213December 22, 2022 9:37 PM

Hey there.

by Anonymousreply 214December 22, 2022 9:40 PM

It's kinda sad a lot of sites for gays and lesbians went downhill. They weren't just for hooking up but for connecting with like minded people who were into politics, art, music and other things. What is there left behind apps like Grindr which are filled with sex addicted psychos, serial rapists and drug users? I used to like a lot of gay men who had blogs on MySpace, Livejournal, Blogspot, YouTube (before Google ruined it) and these were people who were actually literate and had interesting things to say. The webcammers were very personable too and often created their own space with thier porn. Nothing lie these Twitter morons who can't spell, repost gifs and only debate on pop divas. Tumblr in the early 2010s was something special but it got worse when trolls took over and then banning porn was the final straw. I hope SpaceHey (the MySpace reboot) and NewTumbl take off.

by Anonymousreply 215December 22, 2022 9:47 PM

I liked Big Old Houses. The writer died, so his blog died too. VERY informative. A labour of love.

by Anonymousreply 216December 22, 2022 9:57 PM

I miss fansites like Bundyology.

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by Anonymousreply 217December 22, 2022 10:24 PM

I still look at UK Daily Mail, but I've cut way down on it. It's very negative and depressing.

by Anonymousreply 218December 22, 2022 11:00 PM

I use to look at Blind Gossip, it went defunct a few months ago. Apparently the website owner, Ace was ill. I also miss Royal Fiobles.

by Anonymousreply 219December 22, 2022 11:20 PM

Towleroad.

Once Andy Towle stopped running the site it was over.

by Anonymousreply 220December 23, 2022 12:16 AM

Briyanshu's Bollywood Butt Blog - it only lasted about five years, but it was hilarious!

by Anonymousreply 221December 23, 2022 12:54 AM

The Baseball Butts (whatever it was called) Yahoo group. So many great pics!

by Anonymousreply 222December 23, 2022 12:55 AM

Mediadomain

by Anonymousreply 223December 23, 2022 1:35 AM
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