Miss "The Old Internet"? Here's How to Bring it Back.
Summary
TLDRThe video script from DistroTube discusses the nostalgia for the early internet era, where individual websites and blogs flourished without the influence of major tech corporations. The speaker encourages the creation and promotion of small, independent websites as a personal space free from censorship. They reminisce about their own fan page from the mid-2000s and advocate for the revival of 'Links Pages' to help discover and support niche, interesting websites that are often overshadowed by algorithm-driven platforms.
Takeaways
- 😀 The video discusses a common sentiment of nostalgia for the 'old internet', where it was less controlled by large corporations and more about individual creativity and exploration.
- 🌐 There's a current resurgence in creating and promoting small, independent websites as a reaction to the dominance of big tech platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Google.
- 🏠 The speaker advocates for having one's own website as a personal space free from potential censorship by major platforms.
- 🤔 The speaker challenges the audience to name five small websites they regularly visit, highlighting the difficulty in thinking of such sites due to their rarity in our browsing habits.
- 📝 The speaker reminisces about their own experience with running a fan website in the mid-2000s, emphasizing the personal touch and 'soul' of such sites.
- 🔗 The script mentions the importance of 'Links Pages' or 'Blog Rolls' from the past as a way to discover and connect with other small, interesting websites.
- 💌 The speaker talks about the practice of exchanging links with other website owners to promote each other's content, a method that fostered a community feeling.
- 📚 The video script includes a call to action for small website owners to revive the 'Links Page' concept to help users discover more niche content.
- 🔍 The speaker criticizes the difficulty of finding quality small websites through search engines, which tend to favor larger, more optimized corporate sites.
- 📈 The video suggests that having a Links Page can help small websites gain visibility and recommends this strategy to other creators.
- 🚀 The final message is about looking forward and creating something new and valuable rather than just longing for the past, encouraging action to improve the current state of the web.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video by DistroTube?
-The main topic of the video is a critique and nostalgia for the 'old internet', discussing how it was less controlled by giant corporations and more about individual websites and personal blogs.
What is the speaker's opinion on the resurgence of small websites?
-The speaker supports the resurgence of small websites and believes that having one's own website can provide a place free from big tech platform censorship.
Why does the speaker think it's difficult to name five small websites off the top of their head?
-The speaker finds it difficult because they don't visit many independent websites regularly, and there is a lack of easy discoverability for such sites.
What was the speaker's contribution to the 'good old days' of the internet?
-The speaker had their own fan page website for the Nintendo game series Kirby during the mid-2000s, which they hosted on a free web host.
What was the purpose of 'Links Page' or 'Blog roll' on websites back then?
-The 'Links Page' or 'Blog roll' was used to link to other websites that the site owner found interesting, serving as a way to discover and promote smaller, independent websites.
How did the speaker promote their website during the mid-2000s?
-The speaker would email the owners of more popular websites, asking them to add a link to their page in exchange for linking back to the popular site.
What is the speaker's view on the current state of finding interesting websites through search engines?
-The speaker believes that search engines often prioritize large corporate websites over small, interesting ones due to search engine optimization tactics.
What is the speaker's suggestion for small website owners to improve discoverability?
-The speaker suggests that small website owners should create a 'Links Page' on their site, linking to other blogs or websites they find interesting.
Why does the speaker believe that having a 'Links Page' can help the internet ecosystem?
-The speaker believes that a 'Links Page' can help small websites link to each other, making it easier for users to discover and explore diverse content beyond the reach of big tech algorithms.
What does the speaker propose to do with their own website?
-The speaker plans to revive the 'Links Page' concept on their own website to provide a curated list of interesting blogs and websites they like to read.
What is the speaker's stance on the idea of looking back at the past versus creating something new?
-The speaker prefers looking forward and creating something new and valuable rather than just reminiscing about the past.
Outlines
🌐 Nostalgia for the Old Internet and the Rise of Small Websites
The speaker begins by discussing a video from 'distro tube' that reflects on the internet's evolution, expressing a common sentiment of longing for the pre-corporate era where individual websites and blogs were more prevalent. The video suggests a resurgence in small websites, with guides on YouTube advocating for personal web spaces free from big tech censorship. The speaker acknowledges the value of owning a website but challenges the audience to name five small, non-corporate websites they regularly visit, highlighting the difficulty of doing so. The speaker admits their own struggle in naming such sites and expresses a desire to know more. They reminisce about their teenage years in the mid-2000s when they ran a fan page for the Kirby game series, describing the DIY spirit of the web at that time. They talk about the practice of linking to other sites as a means of promotion and community building, a practice they wish to revive with their own 'Links Page' on their website.
🔗 Reviving the Link Page for a Better Internet
In the second paragraph, the speaker continues the discussion on the importance of small websites and introduces the concept of a 'Links Page' as a solution to the discoverability problem faced by these sites. They argue that without such pages, it's nearly impossible to find interesting, small websites through search engines like Google, which tend to favor larger, SEO-optimized corporate sites. The speaker proposes that website owners should create 'Links Pages' to connect with and promote other small websites, fostering a network that is not controlled by algorithms. They offer to include interesting websites sent to them via email on their own 'Links Page', emphasizing the need for content quality over mere links. The speaker concludes by encouraging creators to adopt this practice to revitalize the 'mini web' and improve the overall internet experience, rather than just lamenting the past.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Internet
💡Nostalgia
💡Corporations
💡Individual Websites
💡Censorship
💡Resurgence
💡Link Pages
💡Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
💡Algorithm
💡Hobby
💡Minimal Web
Highlights
The video discusses the nostalgia for the old internet era before it was dominated by major corporations.
Back in the day, the internet was filled with individual websites and personal blogs created as hobbies.
There's a recent resurgence in creating and promoting small, independent websites.
YouTube channels are offering guides on starting your own website to avoid censorship from big tech platforms.
The speaker agrees with the idea of having a personal website as a personal space free from corporate control.
The challenge of naming five small websites that are regularly visited is highlighted.
The speaker wishes to know more independent websites but finds it difficult to discover them.
The speaker reminisces about having their own fan website in the mid-2000s for the Nintendo game series Kirby.
Link pages were common in the past, allowing website owners to connect and promote each other's content.
Promotion of websites in the past involved emailing website owners for link exchanges.
The speaker suggests that having a Links Page can help in finding and promoting small, interesting websites.
The speaker's website features a Links Page with various blogs and YouTube channels they find interesting.
The importance of not relying solely on search engine algorithms for content discovery is emphasized.
The speaker encourages small website owners to create a Links Page to promote other similar sites.
The speaker invites viewers to email their interesting websites for potential inclusion on the Links Page.
The speaker criticizes websites that are essentially just a few links with no substantial content.
The speaker advocates for a proactive approach to improving the web rather than just lamenting the past.
Transcripts
I was recently watching this video by
distro tube and you can probably guess
what this video is about just by looking
at the title and the thumbnail it's
another one of these old people rants
about the internet
and how back in the day the internet was
so much better because it wasn't
controlled by just a few giant
corporations like Twitter and Facebook
and Google and back in the day you
actually had individual websites that
you can go to that people just set up as
a hobby and you could go explore
everybody's individual blog and
everything like that and it's a good
video I'll leave a link to it in the
description if you want to check it out
but you've probably seen videos like
this you've probably seen videos of the
same genre people that are just
nostalgic for the old internet just
wishing that we could turn back time and
go back to the good old days but there
has been kind of a Resurgence in small
websites recently and if you look on
some YouTube channels they'll have
guides on how to start your own website
and why you should start your own
website because you can finally have a
place that you can call home and you're
not going to be censored by any big Tech
platforms and I do agree having your own
website is a very good thing but just
off the top of your head how many small
websites like this can you name like
just try to name five small websites
obviously nothing run by a giant
Corporation or a company just a small
website as maybe somebody's passion
project or hobby some small blog that
you enjoy reading just put together by
one person or a small handful of people
and if you're like me I have a really
hard time thinking of five websites that
actually visit semi-regularly if you
give me a little bit of time I can think
of five but it does take me a while to
think of and that's because I just don't
go to that many independent websites and
the thing is I wish I knew more of them
like if you're watching this video you
probably have the same kind of feelings
about Facebook Twitter Youtube you don't
like the giant centralized nature of
these companies and you wish that
everything could go back to the way it
was before but a lot of the reason why
people use these giant Services is just
because they couldn't tell you any
interesting small websites and I was
actually around for the good old days of
the internet and I kind of contributed
to it in a small way so back in the day
when I was just a teenager in mid-2000s
I had my own website it was a fan page
of my favorite Nintendo game series at
the time Kirby and I had a little fan
page that I just hosted on some free web
host it looked exactly how you would
expect it to The Graphic Design was
terrible but it did have a little bit of
soul and I remember back then if you
wanted to find some cool websites for
your hobby or for some specific thing
that you were interested in what you
would do is a lot of these websites had
link pages so something like this this
is a link page that I had on my website
and back in the day all kinds of
websites would have these
it would either be called Links Page or
a Blog role and it would just link to a
whole bunch of other websites that the
person who writes this website finds
interesting and it was a great way that
you could find other websites so the way
I promoted my website back then is I
would go to a more popular website and
back then you could just email the owner
of a website and say hey could you leave
a link to my page I'll link back to
yours and they would add to your page
you can add their page to your Links
Page and everybody's happy everybody
benefits and back in the day I would
just spend all day surfing through these
various websites you can find so many
cool things they would have their own
web forums and other various pages that
you can go to with just the most obscure
information that you've ever seen in
your life I know I'm being a little bit
hypocritical here because my website
doesn't have that much content I do want
to add more in the future I'll probably
have a Blog here at some point in the
future but I wanted to kind of bring
this Links Page back to life because
even if you look at the websites of a
lot of people who promote small
independent websites like this they're
not going going to have links to any
other pages that are similar to theirs
maybe you'll be lucky and you'll be
reading a blog post and they'll leave a
link somewhere buried deep within a blog
post but it's going to be very difficult
to find any other websites in the same
Niche if you're interested just because
they don't have a page like this with a
whole bunch of links on it and so on
this page I have put various blogs that
I like to read some of them are similar
to the content that I post in this
channel like this one is about free and
open source software some of them are
just about things that I find
interesting like this lifestyle blog
which is about not being a wasteful
consumer and going into debt buying a
bunch of garbage that you don't need and
if you go on a website like this you can
actually just browse around it all day
and find all kinds of interesting
articles and thoughts and it's really
rare that you come across a website like
this these days so I wanted to make it a
little bit easier for people to find
something like this there's some
interesting websites on here
there are some YouTube channels worth
watching because YouTube also has the
same problem and that is controlled by
the algorithm so most of the time it's
going to be very difficult to find some
small Channel with good content on it so
I think this is a good way to get some
recommendations of some good websites
and YouTube channels and it's a way to
get recommendations that isn't
controlled by a giant algorithm because
of course if you don't have a page like
this it is very difficult to find these
most of them are not going to come up in
a search engine of course if you're used
to Google by now you know that if you
search for something you're not going to
find a small interesting website like
this you're just going to find some
giant corporate website that has played
the search engine optimization game and
even if their content is really garbage
they know how to play the game and
appeal to all of Google's algorithms to
rank higher so unless you're doing a
very Niche or technical search it is
very unlikely that you're going to come
across a cool website like this and
that's another reason why I think that
this is a great idea I know I'm not an
influencer I'm not going to start a
revolution with this video but if you
have a salon website like this I would
encourage you to put a Links Page as
well on your website
and just link to some other blogs or
websites that you find interesting and
you know what I'm putting this out there
if you want me to link your website on
this page as well you can send me an
email of course make sure that I have
some actually interesting content on it
one thing that I hate the most is when
somebody has a website but it's
literally just a blank page with a few
links to their GitHub and their Twitter
with like one paragraph about themselves
it is literally the most useless website
there is out there so do try to have at
least something on your website that's
interesting and how about this you also
have to put a Links Page on your website
as well linking some cool other pages
and if you email me your website and it
looks interesting I'll put it up here as
well but I think this could be a good
idea just to breathe some life back into
the minimal web maybe you can spam your
favorite creators that also have a
website to have a Links Page like this
as well because the biggest reason why
people use these websites like Reddit is
just because it's impossible to find
these small websites and if you do find
a website like this maybe it has like
three blog posts and they're from 2018
it's obvious that no one actually takes
care of the website anymore so the more
small websites linking to other small
websites I think the better the internet
will be so add a Links Page to your
website if you think that this is a
great idea if you think it's a terrible
idea leave me a comment and let's
actually work to make the web a better
place instead of just complaining about
what it used to be
oh with the good old days if only we
could go back there is a time and a
place for that but I would much rather
look forward and create something that
actually worth visiting rather than just
reminiscing about the past that's it now
go out and create something cool
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