Author Topic: Ever had an internet site that you use to visit all the time and then stopped (Read 1722 times)

Stoney Mason · « **on:** May 18, 2010, 12:46:52 PM »

Just popped into my mind as a card carrying internet liberal that I use to visit Salon.com in the very early part of this decade. Use to be a decent read also. But then they started added in all this subscription stuff and forcing you to watch commercials if you wanted to read certain articles. It slowly but surely drove me off and until I actually remembered the site today for some weird reason. I hadn't visited it in many many years I realized. I pretty much had forgotten that the site even existed.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1 on:** May 18, 2010, 12:49:55 PM »

yeah, a few old forums. I go back every once and a while to see what it's like, and they're all barren and forgotten now.

Yeti · « **Reply #2 on:** May 18, 2010, 12:51:37 PM »

obligatory answer: gaf

Brehvolution · « **Reply #3 on:** May 18, 2010, 12:52:17 PM »

Joystiq, PS3fanboy, and kotaku

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2010, 12:57:46 PM »

I suppose I could also fit the Drudgereport into this catgeory. I use to be obsessed with that site constantly checking it out at least a dozen or more times a day just to see what could get me mad.

I kicked the habit a year or so before the election.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2010, 01:39:11 PM »

TeamXbox forums
Kung Fu Cult Cinema forums [I don't think any of this site exists anymore]
Some anime forum, can't even remember the name anymore
NeoGAF [lololololol, but it's true]
SuperDickery [I've already looked at all the stuff there

]
Plasticman's Emulation Zone
Nuklear Power - 8-Bit Theater
That one comic about two nerdy guys living in Japan that eventually got all serious even though it had ninjas, robot girls, and whatever else

tehjaybo · « **Reply #6 on:** May 18, 2010, 01:56:18 PM »

GAF

Team EZMode forums. Those were basically the extreme version of these forums, but with a lot less people.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #7 on:** May 18, 2010, 01:57:53 PM »

A site that really went to shit was Gamespy. Once they got bought by IGN it seemed like they stopped actually trying. It looks like the site is just a blog of gaming headline news now.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #8 on:** May 18, 2010, 02:01:03 PM »

Opa- Terribly dull without Corny related drama and fake Amanda.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #9 on:** May 18, 2010, 02:01:28 PM »

Salon.com is a big one for me too *dap*. I used to go there obsessively but almost never do now. Maybe it was the case of it seeming to be the only game in town (at least to me) at the time. Just isn't in my rotation anymore. Ditto with drudge, just irrelvent to me.

TheOnion, even though they seemed to have really stepped up there game the last couple years. I still enjoy hitting up there videos once in a while and having 5-10 that I haven't seen yet (unless they've been posted here or elsewhere)

All the gaming sites - don't much care anymore and usually just give a quick scan to the first page on GAF.

Also, stuff like aintitcool, latinoreview, etc. - usually anything noteworthy will bubble up to one of the forums.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10 on:** May 18, 2010, 02:02:27 PM »

Mainly game related stuff like IGN, Gamespot, etc. Also some of my old forums. Used to go to Huffington Post a lot too, not anymore

Positive Touch · « **Reply #11 on:** May 18, 2010, 05:05:17 PM »

yeah i've got loads of news sites/blogs that i just stopped going to. it seems to happen when i get a new computer; i just don't update all of my bookmarks and some end up forgotten. also like others here i've almost completely stopped reading gaming sites. i don't play most games so i don't want to read previews or news about them, and most other content on those sites is shameful fanboy garbage.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #12 on:** May 18, 2010, 05:12:28 PM »

achewood - a month or so will pass, then i'll remember it exists and go catch up

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #13 on:** May 18, 2010, 05:58:56 PM »

I used to go to FARK a lot, I haven't been there in years.

BlackMage · « **Reply #14 on:** May 18, 2010, 08:13:09 PM »

I've done it with this site a couple times but nobody here goes hey what the fuck happened to BM nope nobody notices when I don't post for 4+ months you fucking assholes

brawndolicious · « **Reply #15 on:** May 18, 2010, 08:18:44 PM »

I wish you'd post more, but I always feel like you get bored too quickly.

Skidmark · « **Reply #16 on:** May 18, 2010, 08:26:24 PM »

Arabic Forums, torrent forums, blogs and blog communities.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #17 on:** May 18, 2010, 08:27:14 PM »

atrios' college intellectual blog @ eschaton

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #18 on:** May 18, 2010, 08:30:56 PM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on May 18, 2010, 08:27:14 PM

atrios' college intellectual blog @ eschaton

That's a good one. Much like salon I forgot that dude even existed.

Daily Kos seems to still have some pull but I stopped visiting that site long ago also.

Sites like Talking points memo and others seem to be more factual and give you less of a cultish mindset and replaced them for me years ago.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #19 on:** May 18, 2010, 08:59:19 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on May 18, 2010, 01:39:11 PM

That one comic about two nerdy guys living in Japan that eventually got all serious even though it had ninjas, robot girls, and whatever else

Megatokyo. A lot of fans didn't bother with it after one of the creators left.

I have a few sites that fits the thread title but i can't remember any of them now

tiesto · « **Reply #20 on:** May 18, 2010, 09:39:58 PM »

Quote from: Kosma on May 18, 2010, 02:50:16 PM

IGN
TheGIA (they stopped on me :'()
Rpgamer

Yeah good list, this was my exact same list actually. I used to spend a lot of time at these sites as well (IGN when it was psxpower.com/n64.com).

Diunx · « **Reply #21 on:** May 18, 2010, 10:02:23 PM »

Some Video game forums and a bunch of latino/spanish rom sites.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #22 on:** May 18, 2010, 10:13:52 PM »

i think that atrios might have been the first blog i really followed, but hell if i remember how i found it

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #23 on:** May 19, 2010, 12:43:00 AM »

I still visit Drudge, it makes me laugh.

Penny-Arcade
Aintitcoolnews
Themoderatevoice.com (A good middle of the road blog during the Bush years)
The-NextLevel.com (my first gaming forum before I joined GAF)
Yahoo.com

A bunch of pro-wrestling sites, but quit following that shit back in 2000.

Raban · « **Reply #24 on:** May 19, 2010, 01:09:55 AM »

Used to:
Penny-Arcade
GAF
Engadget
GameTab
Shacknews
Joystiq
Gamespot
4chan

Now:
EvilBore

Ichirou · « **Reply #25 on:** May 19, 2010, 01:14:42 AM »

Shia Loves Mommy.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #26 on:** May 19, 2010, 01:25:47 AM »

Quote from: Stoney Mason on May 18, 2010, 08:30:56 PM

Quote from: Professor Prole on May 18, 2010, 08:27:14 PM
atrios' college intellectual blog @ eschaton

That's a good one. Much like salon I forgot that dude even existed.

Daily Kos seems to still have some pull but I stopped visiting that site long ago also.

Sites like Talking points memo and others seem to be more factual and give you less of a cultish mindset and replaced them for me years ago.

Definitely. TPM is great, and over the last couple months they've really began doing a nice jobs slamming democrats in the pocket of various interests. I couldn't get conservative friends to glance at Huffington Post for instance, but now a few of them link me TPM lol

CrystalGemini · « **Reply #27 on:** May 19, 2010, 04:11:41 AM »

BAAU.org (Bay Area Artists Unite)

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #28 on:** May 19, 2010, 06:15:32 AM »

I don't visit any place other than Evilbore these days. Too busy with other things and the only reason why I visit EB these days is out of habit.

Back in the day: EB, GAF, right wing watch, the atlantic, talking points memo, harper's, erowid (to lol at the drug stories), and probably a couple of others I'm forgetting.

magus · « **Reply #29 on:** May 19, 2010, 06:36:51 AM »

are the covers in superdickery like really real?

http://superdickery.com/images/stories/dick/2154_4_184.jpg
holy fuck i forgot the last time i laughed so much

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #30 on:** May 19, 2010, 09:43:25 AM »

Quote from: magus on May 19, 2010, 06:36:51 AM

are the covers in superdickery like really real?
http://superdickery.com/images/stories/dick/2154_4_184.jpg
holy fuck i forgot the last time i laughed so much

SuperDickery is such an awesome site.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #31 on:** May 19, 2010, 12:06:53 PM »

just caught up on achewood, that last story arc with nice pete and teodor was hilarious

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #32 on:** May 19, 2010, 12:34:11 PM »

I still visit atrios almost daily. It's a pretty quick read then I just pretty much click around his blogroll. He gives good snark.

Beezy · « **Reply #33 on:** May 19, 2010, 12:43:34 PM »

IGN
Gamespot
RPGamer
The first board I ever joined, my best friend convinced me to: http://www.megaman.co.uk/mboard/
Myspace and Sconex

Robo · « **Reply #34 on:** May 19, 2010, 02:24:03 PM »

Quote from: magus on May 19, 2010, 06:36:51 AM

are the covers in superdickery like really real?
http://superdickery.com/images/stories/dick/2154_4_184.jpg
holy fuck i forgot the last time i laughed so much

This is my favorite Superdickery:

Dumb as hell and smug about it. NEXT REQUEST PLEASE

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #35 on:** May 19, 2010, 02:30:34 PM »

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #36 on:** May 19, 2010, 02:39:09 PM »

I like this one because it's one of the only Superman comics I've ever bought, though I don't remember my 11yr old self noticing something was amiss

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Author Topic: Ever had an internet site that you use to visit all the time and then stopped (Read 1722 times)