Matthew Prebeg

I am an artist, designer, researcher, and storyteller. Read more about me here.

My requests for collaboration are currently open. Learn more about my approach and offerings here.

You can keep in touch with me through my blog, Instagram, and Are.na.

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Where did all the microsites go?

As a kid, I used to love exploring the Internet. It felt like a game of “what is the most bizarre, interesting, funny website that I can find?”

With the rise of social media and recommendation algorithms, and the death of web hosting services like Geocities, the Internet changed. I think many of us are sensing this “sameness” of the the current web, as more folks are drawn to websites like Are.na. I wonder what place folk programming has in the next era of the Internet.

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This website is updated every so often. Last updated on 27 July 2025. All contents are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. Thanks for visiting :)