healthy internet shrine
good places to explore!
regularly updated pages, places large enough for constant exploring OR something i want to revisit often!
- Sakura Jazz Player. online radio with Japanese jazz!
- Random Wikipedia page & CTR page
- Global Nekoweb RSS feed & Neocities Activity
- BUS.STOP. anonymous board
- forums: basement community, sheepish patio & melonland
- LOW-TECH MAGAZINE. powered by solar energy
- 404media. about surveillance and the democratization of the internet
- Eesti Keele Instituut. Estonian Language Institute
good tools to use!
- readrops
- tiny tools
- front-ends
- futureme
- VHS, Wiby, Marginalia
- AlternativeTo
- thoughts.page
legendary places
good things to read!
articles, blog posts and similar!
- All websites should be designed for slow internet on the train by Tom Greenwood
- On lack of accessibility in “web revival” spaces by Claire
- A Brief History of DeviantART Stamps by ballonlea
- Establishing an online support network by badgraph1csghost
- The Web without an audience by dariolob
- What Early Internet Era GIFs Show Us About Preserving Digital Culture by vanishingculture
why i still hope
despite induced hostility around the internet, i still believe in healthy web.
this is why:
- webrings and active forums
- personal pages, journals & diaries
- guestbooks, email pen-buddies, XMPP
- private email hosts and browsers
- fediverse and decentralized web
- knowledge & media preservation, history archives
- game modding (yes!)
- FOSS projects
- other protocols (gemini and gopher)
- activism and charities
- 🏴☠️ and torrent
- memes and internet folklore
- old tech & physical media enthusiasts
- friendly front-ends for not-friendly services
