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--- yesterweb [2026/09/21 00:08] – [The Yesterweb] melon
+++ yesterweb [2026/09/30 00:29] (current) – [Yesterweb Legacy] Typo Rubbereon
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 Through building open knowledge about HTML, the Yesterweb energised the web crafting community and triggerd many spinoff projects and new sites. Terms like the [[web_revival|Web Revival]], [[web_gardens|Web Gardens]] and [[https://web.archive.org/web/20221211160833/https://yesterweb.org/manifesto/|Personal Site Manifestos]] were popularized within the Yesterweb. It served as many people's first experience of the indie-web-crafting scene, combining a mix of nostalgia, social activism and community that particularly spoke to people in the wake of the covid 19 pandemic which had many people stuck at home and online for months at a time.
-However, by 2023 the group had started to disintegrate. There are numerous theories about what exactly happened, including; getting too big too fast, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612001334/https://sadgrl.online/cyberspace/internet-manifesto|changing ideologies]] within the admins, and general moderator burnout. Ultimately the community element of the Yesterweb ended in April 2023 with the locking of their forum.
+By 2023 the group had started to disintegrate. There are numerous theories about what exactly happened, including; getting too big too fast, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230612001334/https://sadgrl.online/cyberspace/internet-manifesto|changing ideologies]] within the admins, and general moderator burnout. Ultimately the community element of the Yesterweb ended in April 2023 with the locking of their forum.
+===== Yesterweb Legacy =====
+The Yesterweb began to subdivide by the middle of 2021, initially prompted by changes to age limits in the community. This section loosely describes the aftermath of those splits how they they evolved into later projects.
+  * **2022 ->** Yesterweb Cafe, a separate 18+ Discord run by Xandra. **2023 ->** reformed as [[32bit_cafe|32-Bit Cafe]].
+  * **2021 ->** Oglington's Wagon, a separate Discord focused on 3D websites run by Melonking. **2021 ->** reformed as [[help|MelonLand]]
+  * **2021 ->** Netescape, a separate Discord made of/by teenagers banned from the Yesterweb, it faded over time. **2024 ->** loosely the same mod group reformed as [[nekoweb|Nekoweb]].org centered around making the hosting site. **2025 ->** reformed as Kicya.net, a kind of holding-company for web projects.
+  * **2022 ->** Angel Town (https://angel-town.cinni.net), a separate web community run by Cinni
+===== Archives =====
 The Yesterweb today exists as an archive with some historic resources that are worth exploring:
   * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230115112628/https://yesterweb.org/zine/|Yesterweb Zine 1-6]] - A community made HTML webzine!
   * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230109150319/https://links.yesterweb.org/|Yesterlinks]] - A large link directory of interesting/useful sites.
+  * Yesterweb Forum archive - https://archive.org/details/viewtopic.phpp5160
 ===== References and Further Reading =====