You're probably gonna have a lot of hits for that StumbleUpon nostalgia, but sadly the internet isn't what it was back then so I imagine the results can be a bit more generic or like you say, have security requirements requiring a direct load on the site.

Best of luck, I'd recommend you find some feature or concept that entices people to keep using your service. Nostalgia is great and all, but people get bored quickly.

Might be worth putting in a toggle option to ignore sites that won't render on your website directly. Not sure how you'd do it, but I imagine you could make it seamless to the user and if the page throws a security error just move to the next site to display.

I’d say a little earlier than that.

this is so sad

I forgot about stumble! Wimp.com was good too.

Sadly, this is just a security measurement that both browsers and websites must or can enforce.

For example, you can’t embed any http website if https is enabled. Additionally, websites can tell browsers that they don’t want to be embedded anywhere.

Perfect!

Just want to try different things!

Technically it would be enough to delete your cookies.

On mobile when I go to a site that Cloudhiker can't display directly, I have no way to go back and favourite the site on my account. Finding a way to do that without going into history to do it would be helpful.

Stumbleupon was my favorite

When Digg made a bad update I hopped on over.

Is it a cookie?, localstorage?

It was amazing. Especially earlier on before it got cluttered with crap sites/spam

I found 8tracks from stumbleupon, then as a result discovered some music that completely redefined what I like to listen to. Crazy to think about how different my tastes would still be without that silly site and pure chance

>everybody had their own quirky website and nothing was fully centralized. I miss that old internet feeling.

The Internet was so great back then. I miss it too.

I mean stumble upon just had years of learning and adapting it’s algorithms im sure. A lot of the time when I use this site I have the pop up saying “this site can’t be viewed unless you click here for the full site” which is odd.

I get in, I get out, no one gets hurt.

Yeah dude. I expected better from /r/InternetIsBeautiful. Is that an odd expectation?

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Ok, like I sympathize with you because I've been there, making an innocuous comment/question that gets downvoted to oblivion because I'm not always quick on the uptake.

BUT, constantly referring to the fact that it's Christmas in every comment inferring... What that people downvoting you must be scrooges or heathens or something? seems kinda...cringy and desperate.

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I had a playlist on 8tracks blow up because of stumbleupon and I became one of the top users, which led to me meeting a friend on the site that I'm still friends with today!

Oh yes! Around 2005 to 2010 was the peak of the Internet.

Oh, well yeah. I just meant actual ads. But you’re right. Gotta just read shit on Reddit and move on. No purchases should be influenced by something you saw on Reddit. Unless you’re in a conversation with someone extensively and specifically about something, by which you might expect it’s a legit human. Lol.

mFs will use the downvote button to signal false moral superiority and then go legit ruin someone's real day or something

Ads are far more insidiously injected than you suspect. Probably half the content on reddit is paid for and run by bots.