> Going from wide open blank slates to 140 characters is not my definition of progress.
Why do you have to only use 140 chars? Frankly the "old web" is still there. You're just as free to create whatever you like using HTML and CSS and host it anywhere that works for you. In fact it's gotten easier: browsers are more consistent, CSS is getting more powerful, and there are a myriad static hosting options these days.
So go build something creative! ..and then share the hyperlink in some 140 char social network.
Frankly, a lot of it isn't. Culturally at least, even if some things like Tripod and Angelfire seem to still be around. Around the mid-90s, Geocities, Angelfire, Tripod, and similar hosts were the web to a lot of people, the way that Facebook and Twitter are the web to a lot of people now.
Why do you have to only use 140 chars? Frankly the "old web" is still there. You're just as free to create whatever you like using HTML and CSS and host it anywhere that works for you. In fact it's gotten easier: browsers are more consistent, CSS is getting more powerful, and there are a myriad static hosting options these days.
So go build something creative! ..and then share the hyperlink in some 140 char social network.