# Websites you associate with the early internet **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 21, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459 "2015-01-21T05:02:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/61 "2015-01-22T03:44:24Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Where are they now? [Apparently not on the Internet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Ringley#Sacramento). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/62 "2015-01-22T03:46:44Z")
> [@jovan](#): > > [Apparently not on the Internet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Ringley#Sacramento). Cool. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/63 "2015-01-22T04:34:40Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > JenniCam! The hypothetical cigar is yours! > [@jovan](#): > > [Apparently not on the Internet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Ringley#Sacramento). Very interesting. I had forgotten just how early that was. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/64 "2015-01-22T07:59:42Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Lycos, Excite, Ezboard. Geocities and Tripod, of course. There was another big one like them. > > Versiontracker and Macfixit and tons of mac sites I’ve long since forgotten. Angelfire? ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/65 "2015-01-22T08:12:11Z")
The first 2-3 years I used the internet, it seemed like Yahoo was the center of it all; not just searches but there directory (I’d waste a lot of time just bouncing around categories), Yahoo chat was a big deal, as well as their groups. They also acquired Geocities, which was the closest thing to having a social media account for me. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/66 "2015-01-22T08:21:41Z")
[The Centre for the Easily Amused](http://www.amused.com/). Now LOOONG gone. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/67 "2015-01-22T16:32:03Z")
[http://www.rinkworks.com](http://www.rinkworks.com) is still around and updating? Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/68 "2015-01-22T20:19:45Z")
It’s not a specific site but remember Webrings? That was a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/69 "2015-01-22T20:21:58Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > It’s not a specific site but remember Webrings? That was a thing. I always kinda wondered why they went away. It was a cool concept, especially for sites devoted to more esoteric interests (I’d imagine a Webring for something like Doctor Who or My Little Pony would get pretty bloated with sites in a hurry). ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/70 "2015-01-23T00:17:02Z")
Okay, I’m going for the ultimate obscure. “The US Department of Texture” It was a fake US GOV website about creating the texture of the land around the US. Deadpan serious, with all the gov+ art speak, and funny at the same time. I think it may have been done as a college project. Aside from the author I may be the only person who remembers this. Oh, also, on USENET does anyone remember the war between cows and some kind of marsupials? Or WoofChat? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/71 "2015-01-23T01:05:12Z")
> [@Marion\_Wormer](#): > > Oh, also, on USENET does anyone remember the war between cows and some kind of marsupials? Or WoofChat? I remember MeowChat. Was it the same thing? (People communicating with each other as their cats, in cat-speak)? It was kind of I Can Haz Cheezburger 1.0. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/72 "2015-01-23T01:24:24Z")
> [@syncrolecyne](#): > > Angelfire? Yep, that was it, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/73 "2015-01-23T01:33:30Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I remember MeowChat. Was it the same thing? (People communicating with each other as their cats, in cat-speak)? It was kind of I Can Haz Cheezburger 1.0. Yep, WoofChat was people talking like their dogs. It was sweet harmless fun. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/74 "2015-01-23T04:16:16Z")
Thanks for the memory jostle. I remember so many of these sites. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/75 "2015-01-23T04:37:17Z")
This thread gives 30 year olds an opportunity to say “Get off my (virtual) lawn”. As for the OP - Mr. T Ate My Balls is a classic. ---
**Author:** ![vomit\_comet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/73ab20/32.png) [@vomit\_comet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vomit_comet)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/76 "2015-01-23T05:32:58Z")
> **[AOL - News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines](https://www.aol.com/)** > > Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more. I did not know that would link to aol (aohell) ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/77 "2015-01-23T08:24:26Z")
Can’t believe I forgot this site I used to visit: [www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/78 "2015-01-23T19:52:05Z")
I was on Usenet so much and so long ago I remember the first incidence ever (probably) of Spam. Some joker posted junk about a GREEN CARD LOTTERY (whatever that was) on every group. Before then it was basically rare and frowned upon to cross post too much. Everyone flipped out. I also remember on Rec.arts.Starwars when someone first called the Power Droid Gonk. It became a huge thing that ended up spilling into canon. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/79 "2015-01-23T20:16:32Z")
Speaking of Usenet, anybody else remember Kibo, and Serdar Argic? ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-you-associate-with-the-early-internet/710459/80 "2015-01-23T21:56:00Z")
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