Subcultures
332 sites
https://silent.am/aristocrat
Elegance de la Nuit is the only approved fanlisting dedicated to Elegant Gothic Aristocrat fashion, a refined Japanese street fashion style emphasizing Victorian and aristocratic aesthetics. With 22 members from 5 countries, it offers a small but dedicated community for fans of EGA to connect and show their appreciation for the style.
https://digitalfolklore.org/
The Digital Folklore Reader is a published book by Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied exploring digital vernacular culture, online amateur creativity, DIY electronics, and internet memes as genuine folklore. The site serves as the book's homepage, offering purchase links, reviews, and a freely downloadable PDF released a decade after the 2009 print edition.
https://qtpoc-ring.netlify.app/
The QTPOC Webring connects personal websites belonging to queer and trans people of color, curating a growing community of 20 member sites from diverse backgrounds and identities. It serves as a hub for discovery and solidarity on the indie web, with member listings, joining instructions, and affiliated webrings for queer and POC communities.
https://selkie0776.neocities.org/
Selkie's personal Neocities page blends lolita fashion, emo/j-pop music fandom, and retro 2000s web aesthetics into a charmingly nostalgic corner of the internet. Visitors will find blog entries, fanlistings, a guestbook, and a self-introduction from a Biology major with interests spanning Black Veil Brides, VOCALOID, casual lolita fashion, and exotic animals.
https://kopimi.com/
A dedicated resource explaining kopimi, the copy-culture movement created by Ibrahim Botani of Piratbyrån in 2005, which invites creators to signal that their work should be freely copied, remixed, and shared. The site covers the history of the movement, its ties to file-sharing communities, and provides kopimi badges along with connections to related organizations like The Missionary Church of Kopimism.
https://howdareyoubekind.neocities.org/
A vibrant personal homepage by a queer, leftist creator who goes by 'how dare you be kind,' featuring a microblog, games, and a mix of fandoms including Gravity Falls, The Owl House, and Superstore. The site wears its values openly with buttons and gifs supporting abolition, free healthcare, masking, and LGBTQ+ identity alongside adopted Pokemon and a crossword puzzle.
http://objectum-sexuality.org/
Objectum-Sexuality Internationale is a support network and informational hub for objectum-sexual people, those who experience romantic or sexual attraction to objects. The site provides education for friends and family, personal expressions from community members, and news about the objectum-sexuality community worldwide.
https://blagi.neocities.org/
Blagi is a charming Neocities personal hub established in March 2022, featuring sections for shrines, virtual pets, adoptables, webrings, and writing, all wrapped in a whimsical flower-themed navigation. The site uses a growing-garden metaphor where 'seeds' represent future pages, making it a delightful blend of personal interests and old-web aesthetics.
https://goatcvlt.neocities.org/
A provocative personal site by 'goatcvlt' that greets visitors with an adult content warning covering an eclectic mix of body horror, hentai, and religious imagery. The splash page alone suggests a transgressive, cult-aesthetic personal corner of the web with audio and strobing visuals waiting beyond the gate.
https://tilde.town/~krowbar/chatcloud
Created by krowbar, this tool generates word clouds from the tilde.town community chat logs, letting visitors visualize the most frequently used words across any given month or time range dating back to 2014. It's a fascinating window into the evolving conversations and culture of the tilde.town community over nearly a decade of IRC chatter.