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Why personal websites are coming back
The gist
A Dead Parrot BBS essay on personal websites drew 10 points and 11 comments.
The debate is about who controls your online work — you or the platform.
How it unfolded
- 1990s and early 2000sHaving a personal home page was fairly normal for anyone who spent much time online; Internet providers often included web space and services such as GeoCities made it easy for ordinary people to publish pages.
- 2009GeoCities became part of Yahoo, which announced it would close the U.S. GeoCities service, prompting archivists to preserve as much of it as possible.
- Sep 14, 2026Dead Parrot BBS published "Why Personal Websites Are Coming Back" by nickb.