Defunct websites from yesteryear that you miss

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Dogbomb/One Thousand People More Annoying Than Mick Hucknall

 

[WritersBlock]

The Yahoo chat rooms and MSN Messenger. I loved the noises on MSN of the doors opening and closing when you entered/left. Also ‘Yaahooooooo’ - anyone remember that?!

I also use to use a chat client for Yahoo chat called Cheetachat. It was so cool and seemed the epitome of modern tech - emoticons and all!

In Yahoo Chat I used to spend most my time in a chat group called UK1. They had regular real life meet ups and it was so much fun. It was like a big family, including regular fall outs! I met a few people offline too and it was a right laugh. Happy, innocent days.

 

[Be More Pacific]

Jodie Mush

Met my ex in a Yahoo chat room

 

[WeepingCassandra]

Neopets still around?

Also used to go on Gaiaonline. My bastard brother got my account banned though and it was never the same again. He asked for passwords in the forum when I left myself signed in.

Stardoll too!

Neopets is still going, but they’ve fucked it because Flash (which most of the games were using) stopped being supported at the end of 2020 and despite having over 5 years to do something about this, they just ignored it. So there’s like three games that work now. They also had an issue recently with Charity Corner and the Altador cup didn’t work very well either. I dip in and out of my old account sometimes but there’s not a lot to do on the site now.

 

[Be More Pacific]

I didn't get a computer at home until 2010 (don't ask) so I missed all the early internet stuff but I was a big fan of Planet Sound!! Used to read it in the mornings before school with The Big Breakfast in the background. I still remember Big Fat Flying Bloke (I think that was his name)!!

Ahh I got his name right!! Wasn't there also a female sounding name that was quite prolific on there? I can't remember it.

Are you thinking of Rebecca Nahid? She was a bitch about everyone and everything.

And there was Peter Pinsent who was obsessed with Geri Halliwell

 

[E_Stevens2000]

Not a defunct website as i just searched for it but stardoll where you could dress up models etc...does anyone else remember this or is it just me?

MySpace
Bebo
Eastenders dress up game
Stardoll (think it's still about but I used to play it when I was younger )
Bin weevels
Club penguin
I used to go on the Hollyoaks forum on the c4 website when I was like 13 and I loved it
My scene

Literally just posted about Stardoll - definitely still about, glad its not just me who remembers it

 

[CosmicCreepers]

Gosh so many…but one that has a place in my heart was Piczo…made so many websites on there. And also Pirate Bay (now lost to the internet) I used to download everything on there So many happy memories…

 

[Anotherdayanotherwalk]

Not quite as far back as some of these but when I was planning my wedding in 2011 there used to be some great wedding forums with lots of dramas. I liked Hitched and youandyourwedding.

ETA Hitched still seems to exist but is like a ghost town!

 

[Choco88]

Handbag forum

I remember this was gutted when they closed it. Loved seeing what everyone had bought and ootds

 

[1001 others]

There is a soap in my country on which a lot of the characters have incredible wardrobes.

A few years ago there was a fantastic website that told you where all the clothes were from - I think they may have also given details of the soft furnishings used in the sets, too ... it was great.

I don't know why it ceased operation - it seemed very popular.

 

[Chicken Licken]

Napster. It was my lifeline for so long. Can’t remember the name of the one that came after but it was never as good.

 

[12055584]

Awkward family photos and sorry to say but the original version of Perez Hilton

 

[chandlercheesecake]

WattPad/Fanfiction.net. I remember getting a bible story from the local church put through the letterbox. I typed it out word for word but replaced all the characters with Harry Potter characters, then posted it on WattPad. It got awful reviews/comments. I loved reading Harry Potter and High School Musical fanfiction. There was also a story called "Keisha the Sket" that everyone at school talked about.

There used to be a BBC website aimed for teenagers. I forgot what it was called, but it would have advice pages and people could write in "real life" stories, a bit like an online version of Take a Break mag. I was bored one day, so I decided to write a story about a girl who makes friends with another girl who starts copying everything she does, then at the end they have a big showdown at a fairground. I submitted it to the website as a joke, thinking they'd ignore it, but a few days later they posted it! I was only about 12 or 13, but felt so embarrassed haha.

Bebo. I created a fan page for an X Factor contestant during the 2006 series. The contestant was not that popular, because Simon would criticise them every week, but they still made it quite far into the competition. People would write horrible messages about them on my page. I remember my password to the page was really easy and simple to guess. Someone (probably someone that disliked them) managed it get into my account and deleted it. I was devastated!

EastEnders dress up game, Ghosts of Walford, "Which character are you?" Quiz.

MyScene makeover game. StarDolls and other similar sites. Habbo Hotel. Flowgo website with the cartoons. The Barbie website where you could print things off.

 

[Cheddar Chalpupa]

I'm just sitting here minding my own business and had a flashback of Celebdaq, anyone remember that? You would buy (with pretend money) shares in celebs and their stock would go up and down depending on how much press they had. I took it real seriously and would trawl blind gossip sites to try and figure out who might soon be trending!

 

[Warpaint]

ICQ chatrooms and mIRC

A random pepsi website where you could listen to little snippets of the top 40 (this was like 1999)

the original miniclip

MSN messenger

MySpace

 

[Be More Pacific]

Yes I used the MTV chat sites and I also found a good friend through the pen pal section on the MTV music teletext pages. Also C4 had one on their teletext music section "Planet Sound", I think it was called "Zine" and people left their email address and what bands they were into. It does seem so dodgy now

Oh, I loved Planet Sound. The Void (viewer's letters) was my fav. Big Fat Flying Bloke was my fucking hero!

 

[BattleAxer]

I used to read an Eastenders blog. It was really well written and fun to read, albeit quite nasty at times about the appearance of the characters. To my knowledge it was written by a member of the DS forums that was kind of cast out.

 

[iLoveMeSomeCanoles]

Yes I used the MTV chat sites and I also found a good friend through the pen pal section on the MTV music teletext pages. Also C4 had one on their teletext music section "Planet Sound", I think it was called "Zine" and people left their email address and what bands they were into. It does seem so dodgy now

I didn't get a computer at home until 2010 (don't ask) so I missed all the early internet stuff but I was a big fan of Planet Sound!! Used to read it in the mornings before school with The Big Breakfast in the background. I still remember Big Fat Flying Bloke (I think that was his name)!!

Oh, I loved Planet Sound. The Void (viewer's letters) was my fav. Big Fat Flying Bloke was my fucking hero!

Ahh I got his name right!! Wasn't there also a female sounding name that was quite prolific on there? I can't remember it.

 

[Ekathrina]

Regretsy. All manner of homemade crafts that should never even have been thought of, let alone actually made.

 

[Louisej3]

Club penguin and stardoll