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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Yeti on April 24, 2009, 12:13:12 AM

Title: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Yeti on April 24, 2009, 12:13:12 AM
Yahoo.com has stopped accepting new Geocities accounts and will be closing Geocities this summer. It's the end of an era. An era of embedded midi files and shitty animated gif files.  :'(
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 24, 2009, 12:14:06 AM
Quote from: Yeti on April 24, 2009, 12:13:12 AM
Yahoo.com has stopped accepting new Geocities accounts and will be closing Geocities this summer. It's the end of an era. An era of embedded midi files and shitty animated gif files.  :'(

now we only have to shut down myspace
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Powerslave on April 24, 2009, 12:17:51 AM
(http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/8179/350662-big_boss_salute_super.jpg)
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Great Rumbler on April 24, 2009, 12:20:39 AM
It's starting to feel like the Internet is coming up to another early 2000's-like choke point. As in, a lot of big sites are going to be closed, some things will get scaled back, and a only few of the major sites make it through intact.
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Powerslave on April 24, 2009, 12:25:16 AM
SEVEN DAY THEORY
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Powerslave on April 24, 2009, 12:26:00 AM
ON THE DAY 2PAC DIED HE ATE 3 BISCUITS AND FARTED 4 TIMES. THATS 7 IN TOTAL
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Yeti on April 24, 2009, 12:30:48 AM
My old site is still there. I'm looking at it now. This shit is embarrassing.

Nothing of value will be lost.  :-\
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: archie4208 on April 24, 2009, 12:33:56 AM
At least Tripod is still around.
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Yeti on April 24, 2009, 12:54:33 AM
Oh god I kept a journal on my geocities page. These entries are cringe inducing.

spoiler (click to show/hide)
OH GOD, I said the Planet of the Apes remake was "pretty good". Scorch the Earth, Yahoo.
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There is a blog entry where I was excited that Denise Richards was going to be on an episode of Friends, and I also said she was one of my favorite Bond girls.  :'( :suicide
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Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Phoenix Dark on April 24, 2009, 12:54:58 AM
Quote from: Powerslave on April 24, 2009, 12:26:00 AM
ON THE DAY 2PAC DIED HE ATE 3 BISCUITS AND FARTED 4 TIMES. THATS 7 IN TOTAL
:lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on April 24, 2009, 01:53:53 AM
embedded midi files :bow2
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Fresh Prince on April 24, 2009, 05:51:47 AM
Man fire gifs used to be huge in the late 90's
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Fresh Prince on April 24, 2009, 05:55:02 AM
Animated fire really showed us the powers of the internets graphical design.
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Bildi on April 24, 2009, 06:22:18 AM
That's some rad gifs.
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on April 24, 2009, 06:45:54 AM
::wipes away tear::

I made at least a half dozen Geocities and Homestead pages.  They all sucked.
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: T-Short on April 24, 2009, 06:49:11 AM
(http://j.photos.cx/moose-e70.gif) (http://j.photos.cx/moose-e70.gif) (http://j.photos.cx/moose-e70.gif) (http://j.photos.cx/moose-e70.gif) (http://j.photos.cx/moose-e70.gif) (http://j.photos.cx/moose-e70.gif)
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 24, 2009, 09:31:45 AM
Quote from: T EXP on April 24, 2009, 06:45:54 AM
::wipes away tear::

I made at least a half dozen Geocities and Homestead pages.  They all sucked.

Too bad you didn't make this Homestead page.

(http://i44.tinypic.com/2lkqp2v.png)
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Bloodwake on April 24, 2009, 10:51:40 AM
About goddamn time. Maybe my fan page for Die Another Day will disappear for good.
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Himu on April 24, 2009, 10:55:39 AM
RIP WEB 1.0
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: pilonv1 on April 24, 2009, 11:22:08 AM
what about angelfire!?!?
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Mupepe on April 24, 2009, 12:47:33 PM
http://geocities.com/perfectssjvegeta/

My first site (needless to say it was a dragonball z.  more specifically.. VEGETA!!!).  Now it has a test site that my girlfriend had to do for class like a year ago.
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Kara on April 24, 2009, 01:37:06 PM
Thanks to this thread I found a thread about the Dark Forces II clans I used to be in. Memories. :'(
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Kara on April 24, 2009, 01:42:17 PM
Oh great now I found message board posts I made 10 years ago.
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Cheebs on April 24, 2009, 03:52:50 PM
Quote from: Bloodwake on April 24, 2009, 10:51:40 AM
About goddamn time. Maybe my fan page for Die Another Day will disappear for good.
link please
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 27, 2009, 01:09:58 AM
http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Dunes/6616/
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Great Rumbler on May 01, 2009, 06:08:10 PM
I just realized this means the end of Mighty Jack's MST3K Review site.  :'(
Title: Re: Yahoo is closing Geocities
Post by: Seer on May 02, 2009, 04:38:36 AM
man the internet used to fucking rock :-\