Internet Trends That Need to Die
A psycho-rant of mine. Slightly sarcastic, and only half-serious.
Every few months or so new trends arrive to take over the old ones. Sometimes, the old ones sucked and the new stuff is not so bad. But a lot of the time, the newer trends are just as bad, if not worse, than the old ones. Right now it's one of those times. I call it the down season.
Here are a few of the current trends that just need to die once and for all: (Note: This is, of course, my opinion.)
Contradicting Site Names
These are incredibly annoying. Names such as Perfectly Imperfect, Exotic Commonness, Understandable Confusion, Tender Roughness, Sweet Danger, Rumpled Elegance, Timidly Outspoken, and Trashy Angel do not make sense, do not look cute, are bad oxymorons, and are just plain dumb. I've always been of the opinion that a site name should be personal and have some sort of tie with the webmaster. I mean, it's a 'personal' website (If you don't have a personal website, then this isn't directed towards you, obviously) - Make it personal.
The Aeroplanexgunsgobangxhxcore Concept
I don't even know how to begin with this one. Perhaps with begging? People who have been sucked into this craze, please just stop. Aeroplanes are cute, yes. Even skaters can be cute. But seeing website after website with 7pt Tahoma text, 10px line-height, and capitalized headings everywhere is just too much to bear. Please, find your true identity. Guns do go bang - we know that. We get it. Dinosaurs are cute too, but they're extinct. Just let them go.
Real Cam Hoe Pay Sites
I've hated this trend ever since I found out that it existed. At first I just ignored it because surely Cam Hoes won't have their own little personal websites with content and blogs! What the hell is your problem?! As luck would have it, my ignorance got the best of me. I started clicking on some innocent website names like Cherry Kiss and I got bombarded with galleries that would make my Grandfather blush. I don't know what the hell these Cam Hoes were thinking! Charging people to look at pictures and videos? Get. A. Real. Job. And stay out of the personal website scene, for other's sake.
I-Frames
Augh!! Convert! Convert Now! I-Frames are works of the devil on the internet. No, really. And while I'm at it, Lissa should just vanish off the face of internet space. I-Frames is a good idea, it really is, but there's just so many things wrong with it that it just screws everything up. Transparent i-frames, for example. 90% of those who use that 'effect' do it wrong, and we end up looking at neon green backgrounds. PHP includes are much better. I converted, and I'm so much happier because of it.
Begging For Comments on MySpace
Stop with the damn bulletins, people! If the first three bulletins went unanswered, there's got to be a reason! Think about it. Also, stop trying to trick me. Once I open the bulletin that read "I'm so over this." and see a little comment box in the body, I click out so fast my finger twitches. I promise you that only a handful of your friends read your comments. And the other handful never read them. Picture comments don't make you look any cooler. Actually, it's quite sad. If 400 comments make you feel satisfied, then there is something seriously wrong with your self-esteem. Look into it, for all our sakes.