#myspace 2.0

[epinephrinelove]

don't change the way you are...

[projectdivaar]

omg I 4got I had a spacehey😭😭 determined af 2 make my own layout even tho I have like w3 skls lvl of html/css knowledge . my gay ass can do it !!

[g4zdtechtv]

​THE PILE PRESENTS: AOTS! - Screw the World Cup | 6/22/06

How much EverQuest does it take to kill a man?

(4GTV - STREAM WHAT YOU PLAY!)

[athousandsuns2010]

oh my god this website is full of high schoolers......

[jessielefey]

I mean, eh... it's a glorified bbs. Like, I see why you'd think on it like that, but it's a rabbit/hare thing in terms of ecological niche. It's basically usenet, or a (at one time at least) superior yahoo groups. Treating it like a chat client is really what started killing it.

Not social media 100% tho. That's as much the opposite of what it's supposed to be than, but at an angle on an entirely different axis as, tumblr is constitutionally incompatible with the concept.

i'll just be controversial and say discord is not real social media. it's fine communication platform but it is not Posting! saying you're gonna move to discord is like saying you're gonna move to facebook messenger get outta here

[the-timewatcher]

A disgruntled Tumblrina (gender-neutral) made a website and why you should too.

Or "reject social media, return to personal websites".

PART 1: THE PART WHERE I CONVINCE YOU TO MOVE TO PERSONAL WEBSITES

So, the Web 2.0 social media infested landscape seems to be crumbling before our very eyes. Reddit's leadership is increasingly greedy, Twitter is sinking under the weight of Elon's massive, yet increasingly fragile ego, Tumblr is slowly turning into another lifeless corpo-fest, complete with the layout, Instagram continues to be vapid and soulless and Facebook seems to be going the way of MySpace.

(feel free to check the alt text on these, btw)

In these troubling times, where everything looks the same and you're expected to be milked for every dollar you're worth, what is a disgruntled Internet surfer such as yourself to do? Move to an untested alternative that's bound to get overrun by fascists thanks to poor moderation? Stay the course on the sinking ships you're used to?

Well, what if I told you that we've solved this problem way back in the 90's and early 2000's and were merely duped by the Big Zuck into forgetting our legacy? What if there was a cure for the sanitized, dull social media hellscape?

It takes a bit of work, when compared to just using a social media site, but even if your particular use case makes switching difficult (ex. an artist looking to promote their work), it's still a good secondary option to consider.

The core appeal is the ability to customize and individualize, make a corner of cyberspace unabashedly yours,

It can also be an exciting avenue of creative expression, giving whatever you want to say a unique coat of paint,

Most website hosting services are a bit more lax about what you can do on them, due to changes in the profit structure (rather than depending on advertisers and investors, they either have a premium option to give supporters perks, have another product, or, in the case of paid services, you renting that space IS the product),

If you want your website to be more accomodating and accessible, you don't have to file tons of feedback - do it yourself,

If you'd like to connect with other webmasters and promote each other's websites, we have webrings - sets of circular links that connect websites with something in common, be it a topic, aesthetic or friend group,

You're less likely to have your stuff purged by an ill-advised change in policy (especially if you have a backup of your files somewhere),

The more people do it, the less power those massive social media corpos have over the internet,

It can be a load of fun!

If I have you convinced, keep reading into part 2. If you just wanna see what I did, skip to part 3. If neither, feel free to continue scrolling. I won't hold it against you. You'll be missing out, that's all.

PART 2: SO, YOU WANNA MAKE A WEBSITE!

Good choice, here's some resources!

sadgrl's absolute beginner's guide to Neocities - what it says on the tin!

W3Schools - a more in-depth tutorial site, a learning resource so excellent it substituted for what I was supposed to learn in technical highschool (because our teacher just told us to go on W3Schools instead of teaching us shit)

A list of free layouts for your website - whether to use as a base to learn from or to simply take for yourself,

Neocities - the posterchild for free website hosting for personal websites. Doesn't allow video or audio, but you can get around that by linking those files from elsewhere. Beginner-friendly to a fault - once you have an account just drag and drop your files in,

Gitlab (& Gitlab Pages) - a more advanced option, but it has a few advantages of its own. Gitlab is a website hoster second and a version control service first - which is programmer speak for "keeps track of changes in your code and stores a backup of it online". it helps a lot when working on multiple devices or co-writing with a friend. And secondly, you can use Gitlab Actions to automate putting your website up (even on Neocities, like I do!)

My askbox - I am not joking, if you have any questions about any of this, I'd love nothing more than to help you out!

But with most of my indie web propaganda out of the way, it's time.

PART 3: Welcome to Timewatcher OS.

Of course, because I couldn't be normal when it comes to making a website, I had to turn it into a fake operating system. Each subpage is an "app", opened in a separate embed window. It has unlockable wallpapers (no pay2win, prommy). There's bideo games on it! I even made a music player for it so I can share my incongruent music tastes!

Like I said in my Tumblr bio, if I ever go radio silent for more than a month, it means I've gotten fed up with this hellsite and moved to my own homepage permamently. And I highly advise you make an option like this for yourself too! Lastly, if any of y'all would like to start a webring, do let me know in the askbox - I'm down to manage it if I'm not alone in there.

Anyways, I hope I convinced you to make a website, or at least check out some of the cool sites you've been missing out on! Hope to see you on the Old Web!

[omtai]

maybe if we still had myspace all this web 2.0 funnybusiness would all be peaches & cream

[epinephrinelove]

she hopes im cursed forever

[ahappydnp]

Okay I'm gonna ramble here. I don't if you've already expressed your thoughts on the possibility of a hard launch ala their coming out videos but I've been thinking about it recently. I'm still not sure if they'll ever do it, but I also thought about that with regards to them coming out, and well, June 2019 happened. But I also feel like they're not really in the same vein. Like I feel like coming out to the public explicitly was necessary for them to go forward with their content, as well as for personal reasons and living their truth, as Dan would say. But with their relationship, I don't think nothing much will change with what they're doing/presenting currently if they hard launch, like I doubt they'll be more flirty or whatever or tell more couple stories. (famous last words /jk). I don't really see anything significantly beneficial to them if they outwardly say they are together, because it'll invite more public scrutiny.

HOWEVER, I've also been thinking that if they really do an in-depth video, it'll be so interesting if they talk about topics beyond their actual relationship. Like meeting during the early days of the internet, which included no regards to digital footprint and therefore having records of their early interactions almost by the day; being closeted but still being together but being shipped but denying couple claims but embracing the ship and continuing working as an inseparable duo and all the intricacies maintaining these lines; the work done to keep their private relationship healthy while being publicly scrutinized and being queer and the significance of doing all these for 15 YEARS. Like that shit's admirable. Idk, I've really been thinking this just because of the last video when they gave their thoughts on the MySpace emo culture, when they saw how they were 14 years ago and how they changed, when Phil brought up the plushie. And also when they mentioned that we're still at DNP 1.5 and 2.0 will come after the tour. Sorry if this got long but hoped you enjoyed lol

yeah i agree that i don’t think any confirmation meant for outsiders would mean change for how things work inside the bubble but like you said post BIG genuinely who knows what their next move is 😭

[janknabobfdi]

Anyone else hate the the "Gen Zisms" in Zero and Restoriation

"I gave the vehicle influencr ring lights and moodring camouflage"??? "ChurchGPT"??? Church's final message being a YouTube video parody?????? Having the security guards work from home for no reason???????? (did corona 2.0 outbreak happen in 2559???)

It feels... weirdly out of place? Like, I know the previous seasons referenced "millenial" things at the time (like the lost, facebook and myspace) but this time the references feel... different

Maybe its the nostalgia filter? Maybe it's cuz I didnt grow up in the 2000s so I view that era differently?

Maybe it's cuz the show and Halo is so entrenched in 2000s culture that having Gen Z references feels out of place?

Either way, the "fellowkids"-isms kinda took me out of the story

[yesterdays-xkcd]

I'm waiting for the day when, if you tell someone 'I'm from the internet', instead of laughing they just ask 'oh, what part?'

Online Communities [Explained]

Transcript

[Hand-drawn fantasy style map with land and sea areas representing populations of online communities, plus some fictious jokes and references. Each area or item is labeled.] Map of Online Communities and related points of interest Geographic area represents estimated size of membership

[A giant continent with:] The Icy North (Yahoo, Windows Live) containing the Mountains of Web 1.0, AOL, Qwghlm, Yahoo Games, Reunion dot Com, Classmates do Com, Faceparty, E-Harmony, Friendster (off the coast of which is the The Lonely Island), My Space containing The Series of Tubes, MySpace Bands, and the much smaller Attractive MySpace Pages, Blurty, O.K. Cupid, Cyworld, Orkut, Facebook, and Livejournal & Xanga - the coasts of which form the Bay Of Angst.

[The Noob Sea is bordered by AOL, the Icy North, MySpace, and an island system off the coast of Yahoo Games consisting of:] Second Life (and the much smaller island Third Life), Lineage, World of Warcraft, Runscape, Ultima Online, EverQuest, Final Fantasy 11, and further off, 2Channel and 4Chan. [To the east is labelled "Here be anthopomorphic Dragons].

[The Gulf of Youtube is bordered by Facebook, Myspace, and the island continents of:] Piczo, Broadcaster, the river Bit Torrent, Flickr, Last.FM, and DeviantArt with the subsection Gays of Web 2.0, and off the south coast and between another island is the Straits of Web 2.0.

[Off the pennisula of MySpace, island of Second Life, and island continents of Broadcaster et al is the Sea of Culture which hoasts the Peer-to-Peer Shoals. The Sea of Culture is separated from the Ocean of Subculture by and island system consisting of:] Digg, Fark, Reddit, Slash Dot, Soviet Russia, and Something Awful, which surround the Bay of Trolls, and Spaaarta (You're The Man Now Dog), Stumble Upon, and Delicious on the south end of the Viral Straits and the north end of the Sea of Memes, the Isle of Slash, Numa, and Your Base.]

[On the south end of the Sea of Memes, mostly made up of the IRC isles with a dotted outline where Usenet is located, is:] Stallman's Airship, Google's Volcano Fortress, Sourceforge, and the Wikipedia Project bridged island system that connects to M.I.T., EnGadget, Gizmodo, and Make Blog.

[West of the Wikipedia Project lies the Blogipelago with:] BoingBoing, Technorati, [something that can be read as T.W.B. or T.M.Z.], Cory Doctorow's Balloon, Sulawesi, Xu Jinglei, Post Secret, the Shipwreck of the S.S. Howard Dean, the Huffington Post, and the Wet Sea.

[North of the Blogipelago lies the Compass Rose-Shaped Island, with the north arm labelled Practicals (Noob), the south Intellectuals (Pi), west Focus on Real Life (I.R.L.), and the east Focus on Web (dot Com).]

(Not a complete survey. Sizes based on the best figures I could find but involved some guesswork. Do not use for navigation.) Spring 2007

[tayfabe75]

Tags Masterlist

All Things "Tatty" (Taylor + Matty) | Tatty 1.0 (circa 2014) | Tatty 2.0 (circa 2023) | Matty Serenades Taylor | Taylor Serenades Matty | Matty Mentions Taylor | Taylor at ATVB | Matty at Eras (Nashville N1 N2 N3 & Philly N1 N2 N3 & Arlington) | Fearless Love Gaze™ | Skeleton Suit Matty | TIAYYKWYAILY | 2020 NME Awards | The Hollywood Palladium | Terminal 5 | Eagles Ballroom | Pre-Show Playlists | 813/138 | "Slut!"

Parallels | Lyrical Parallels | Music Video Parallels | Visual Parallels | Sonic Similarities | Matching Mannerisms | Coincidences | Comparisons | Breadcrumbs | Memes | Mutual Fans & Fan Support | Get to Know Them

Taylor's Character & Values | Posts by Taylor | Posts Liked by Taylor | Taylor's Birthday | Taylor's Type | Taylor's Parents | Quotes by Taylor

Matty's Character & Values | Posts by Matty | Posts Liked by Matty | Matty's Birthday | Matty's Type | Matty's Parents | Quotes by Matty | Matty's Stage Persona | Controversies & Apologies | Cowboy Matty | "Ratty Healy"

Additional Tag Lists: Due to link limits, tags have been further broken up by category:

Music (Tags for albums, tours, eras, and individual songs)

Calendar (Tags by months and year) Part I (2004-2018) & Part II (2019-2024)

Overlap (Tags for all things shared in common)

People (Tags for mutual friends, collaborators, family, etc)

Artists (Tags for relevant musical acts & songs)

Topics (Tags for more information on specific topics)

Blog-Specific Tags: Answered Asks | Original Edits | Song Speculation | TTPD Speculation Theories: Kayfabe, Myspace, Cancelled

[archivedjuice]

why is Instagram lowkey turning into a shittier web 2.0 version of MySpace

[quotejungle]

Web 2.0、つまりユーザーが生成した Web は、この時点では絶好調でした。 2003 年に MySpace が始まりました。2004 年に Facebook がスタートしました。2005 年に YouTube。2006 年に Twitter。2007 年に iPhone。 2008年にApp Storeが登場し、その年の後半にはAndroid、そしてInstagramが登場。その夜明けは至福の時だった。

AI: 目的を達成するための手段か、それとも私たちの目的を達成するための手段か?

[sshirotalk]

Week 3: Tumblr’s Digital Ghosts: The Haunting of Internet Culture 👻 The internet never really forgets. Tumblr, the chaotic, unhinged, and deeply influential platform that ruled the 2010s, might not be the giant it once was—but its ghosts are still lurking everywhere. If you’ve ever scrolled TikTok and thought, this feels weirdly like 2014 Tumblr, you’re not alone.

🕸 1. Tumblr: Dead But Never Gone

Tumblr didn’t die; it just dispersed. The 2018 NSFW ban sent users fleeing, but instead of vanishing, they scattered across the internet, carrying Tumblr culture with them.

Dark Academia, Weirdcore, Cottagecore, Y2K nostalgia? Tumblr made those aesthetics mainstream.

The lowercase irony, the hyper-specific memes, the “I had fun once, it was awful” humor? Tumblr did it first.

Shitposting discourse on Twitter/X? Tumblr invented it.

The current TikTok obsession with “girl internet” and “boy internet”? That’s just a rebranded Tumblr-era debate about what kind of fandom kid you were.

📍 Tumblr’s DNA is everywhere—you just have to know where to look.

🧳 2. Where Did the Tumblr Kids Go?

The Great Tumblr Migration led users to different corners of the internet:

TikTok → The closest thing to Tumblr 2.0. Weird humor, niche obsessions, and the same chaotic energy.

Reddit → Subreddits like r/tumblr and r/196 feel like a parallel Tumblr universe where the memes never stopped.

Discord → Tumblr-style fandom discussions just moved to private servers.

Twitter/X → The discourse lives on, just with more rage and less pastel.

Nugent (2020) once said, “TikTok is just peak Tumblr,” and honestly? He was right.

💀 3. Can You Kill a Platform’s Culture?

Short answer: No. Long answer: Tumblr might not be the center of internet culture anymore, but it is the ghost in the machine. Just like MySpace before it, Tumblr’s influence is too deep to erase. The way we talk, the memes we share, even the way platforms prioritize niche content—it all traces back to Tumblr.

Remember when Tumblr’s messy moderation led to a weird anti-censorship movement? Pilipets & Paasonen (2022) argue that we’re seeing echoes of that today, especially on platforms like Twitter/X. The digital cycle repeats itself.

🎭 4. The Return of Tumblr Core Aesthetic?

Something wild is happening:

People who never used Tumblr are now nostalgic for its “golden era” (???)

Posts like “I was never on Tumblr but I miss it” are going viral

Tumblr’s Sexyman Phenomenon is BACK (The Onceler, Sans Undertale, Reigen Arataka… why do we keep doing this to ourselves?)

TikTok is full of Poor Little Meow Meows again

Tumblr isn’t dead—it’s just wearing a different outfit.

📢 5. Tumblr Language: The Vernacular That Won’t Die

Keller (2019) coined the term platform vernacular to describe how different platforms develop their own style of communication. Tumblr’s language—lowcase irony, self-referential humor, aesthetic-based storytelling—is still alive and thriving:

📌 Evidence of Tumblr vernacular’s continued existence:

TikTok captions & text posts? Tumblr humor.

Twitter/X fandom discourse? Tumblr arguments, just angrier.

Pinterest & Instagram reels? Reviving Tumblr’s aesthetic-driven content.

📍 Tumblr was never just a platform—it was an entire way of speaking online, and that influence is still shaping digital culture today.

✨ Final Thoughts: Did Tumblr Really Disappear?

The ghosts of Tumblr are still with us, floating between platforms, shaping the way we communicate, interact, and meme. If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking, why does this feel so Tumblr?—that’s because it is.

So… were you a Tumblr Kid? Do you feel like we’re all just living in Tumblr’s long, weird afterlife? Let’s talk. 💬👇

🔗 References

Hutchinson, J. (2021). Micro-platformization for digital activism on social media. Information, Communication & Society, 24(1), 35–51. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1629612

Keller, J. (2019). “Oh, She’s a Tumblr Feminist”: Exploring the Platform Vernacular of Girls’ Social Media Feminisms. Social Media + Society, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119867442

Pilipets, E., & Paasonen, S. (2022). Nipples, memes, and algorithmic failure: NSFW critique of Tumblr censorship. New Media & Society, 24(6), 1459–1480. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820979280

Reif, A., Miller, I., & Taddicken, M. (2023). “Love the Skin You’re In”: An Analysis of Women’s Self-Presentation and User Reactions to Selfies Using the Tumblr Hashtag #bodypositive. Mass Communication & Society, 26(6), 1038–1061. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2022.2138442

Nugent, C. (2020). TikTok is Just Peak Tumblr. Medium. https://medium.com/@caseynugent/tiktok-is-just-peak-tumblr-9966d9ee4245

[animutate]

btw forgot to link to the flash i found with unarchived lhm music. its right here everynyan