Like now days, most of our childhood time was spent online on popular websites and chatting to our friends via chat rooms. But now as we are growing up, childhood seems like only a distant memory.
I often think and reminisce about the websites I used to waste my time on while I was younger.
Can you relate, or add any further websites to those in the list below?
1. Piczo
Can anyone else remember spending most of your time after school on your Piczo website? This used to be a personal favourite of mine, I even got experimental and started adding HTML code into mine to make it look ‘colourful’, or adding some music to my page which is totally cringe now I think back. I used to spend many hours of my night looking at piczo websites full of HTML and themes that you can add to your page.
Swapping website names with most people in your school year and frequently checking for updates is one thing I miss the most. Anyone else used to create a rate page to your website of different girls and boys you knew and the ‘fittest’ and the ‘lushest’ would be voted the winners? Unfortunately if you had a website on this site then it is no longer able for access, the website closed down in 2012, but, oh those were the days!
A little part of me still wants this website to be a thing, I’d love to cringe and cry in the corner about how *cool* I thought I was back in 2007.
2. Stardoll
For anybody who isn’t familiar with Stardoll, it used to be called Paperdoll Heaven before the website was updated. Stardoll allows anybody (over a certain age) to sign up to the website to create their own doll, dress it the way you want and give it your own image. It enables chances to meet new friends and build on what friendships you have got. Stardoll also has a great celebrity dressing up range. Hundreds of celebrities have been made and are able to be styled in anyway you wish! I used to waste so much time on this website making my fave celebs look amazing and adding them to my album, and making not so favourable celebs look rubbish.
3. Myspace
Myspace was the sensation that we all flocked too after the hype of Piczo. Where our friendships were ranked on who appeared at the top of our profiles. We used to post our fave but also our now known as ‘cringey’ songs. Looking back on our profiles brings nothing but great memories.. and a couple blushing faces!
4. Mokitown
Anyone remember spending time on this website? You used to be a little Moki and even though the site’s intentions was to bring safety awareness to cyberspace, but we all still had fun! It was a fun and exciting way of taking part of activities and meeting new friends, virtual friends of course! This website was so so simple, yet I remember spending so much time with my school friends on this website. God know what fun we got out of it now I look back, hey ho.
5. Bebo
Rather similar to Myspace Bebo was able to arrange your friends as to your ‘top friends’ list on your main page profile. Remember the daily dose of ‘share the luv’? Oh now if popularity was on your side, then you received plenty luvin’! I remember arguing with friends if somebody appeared higher than me on their top 15 profiles. Bebo was the website that stretched and strained the greatest of friendships.
6. Club Penguin
Now I’m sure everybody played this game, and if you said you never then I’m pretty sure you’re lying. It’s a guilty pleasure at least! I never used to play this, but a group of lads I was friends with in year 7 used to love this website, and even played it at school finding a new unblocking server that enabled them to.
7. Habbo Hotel
Hours of my life was spent on this website, playing games and meeting to hang out with my friends via the game. The big conversations were a little hard to keep up with, especially if you were in a busy room with conversations flowing constantly. It’s all part of the fun I suppose. No secrets could be shared on Habbo! The snowball game was a personal fave of mine, playing against others online, hide from that flying snowball!
Can you think of any other websites you may have loved when you were younger? Or if Bebo, or Piczo, etc were still available now, do you think you would still use them?
Oh my goodness! You just hit me with nostalgia! I remember everything but the Mokitown one. I loved Piczo and Bebo so much growing up! I remember playing Stardoll (Paperdoll Heaven) and Habbo – I believe I still have lots of furni hahaha! Thank you for this awesome post!
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Oh wow Furni! It’s been so long since I’ve wrote or thought about that word haha! You’re welcome, glad you related so much to this post. X
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Loved habbo,stardoll and bebo!!
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Piczo was my FAVOURITE!! I was literally thinking about it yesterday! Im kind of happy its been shut down. No one should ever see the stuff I posted LMAO!
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It would be so cringey if it was still around now. I think I would have taken down my site anyways due to the embarrassment!
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Yesss I remember pics and MySpace and not to forget MSN and HI5 🙈🙈 xx
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MSN, who didn’t use MSN!? Hahaa. I don’t think I used Hi5, or if I did I can’t remember it, haha xx
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Club penguin and Habbo where my jam!! I would most definitely still play these right now x
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Habbo is still going, Im not too sure about Club Penguin though x
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OMG! Club Penguin was like the best thing ever when I was younger haha
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Oh babe MySpace was my favourite website ever when I was a teenager, I loved it so was so gutted when it was taken over and ruined. I would happily go back to MySpace anytime! Thank you for sharing 🌸✨
With love, Alisha Valerie x | http://www.alishavalerie.com
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I remember spending many times on Myspace. It’s so good to think back to those times X
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omg Stardoll was my absolute LIFE, this post took me right back to my childhood! x
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Me too, such good times! X
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Bebo, Stardoll and Club Penguin were my absolute favourites back in the day. I used to come home everyday from school and head straight onto Bebo to update my top friends lol. Oh the good ol’ memories!
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I used to do that, too. If I ever had an argument with a friend they would be moved down my top 15, or taken off if the argument was serious, hahaha! X
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Aaaah I spent so much time on Stardoll! All the iconic celebrity outfits were the best part. I also blame Piczo for my love of the internet now!
Juliet | notcapulet.co.uk
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Absolutely, Piczo grabbed my attention at the age of 11 or something like that. Thinking I was an amazing website editor, hahahaa…. X
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Oh my god!! I’ve played on a few of these but HABBO!! Oh my lord I was obsessed!! There used to be so many people who would pay for their outfits and hair and I used to have that gross default hair and people would say it looked like bacon…oh the joys!! Loved this post xx
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Oh wow, I completely forgot about the bacon hair. I defo had that too, it was hideous but the best one out of the free ones, hahaha! xx
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Oh my gosh! This post has made me so nostalgic. I remember getting home from school to log onto myspace & bebo. I’d completely forgotten about those sites.
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I really miss those times. I’d gladly rewind the clock! X
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Haha, omg! This post – so good! All the memories! I wonder if they have any websites like these now! I remember making skins for people on Bebo hahaha. I didn’t really use myspace, I remember not liking it too much!
Amy,
https://creativenails.uk
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These websites were my childhood! I don’t remember the Mokitown one but everything else I do! I spent hours on Piczo and Bebo in my first couple of years of secondary school! I was never a big fan of myspace but also loved Stardoll!!
Jess xx
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Me too. Spent so much time as a child on these websites! Xx
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Hahaha I remember Stardoll so well, and playing it in Year 6!! And Club Penguin was the best thingggg! Loved this post x
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Thank you! X
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i used to love stardoll! but would always forget my password so i had about 10 different accounts 😂x
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Me too, and it was so frustrating when you had to start from scratch, too! x
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ikrr but sometimes i would spend all my money and then just start another account because i couldn’t be bothered to wait for more 😂x
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Getting money took forever, too! X
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ughh i know right and there were always those really good looking stardolls who looked almost human like x
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Great post! Really took me back to my childhood. Piczo and MySpace were the ones I used most lol! If they were still around I guess they would have big competition with social media sites such as Instagram and twitter. So I’m not sure if I would still have them. Look forward to reading more from you in the future x
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Thank you. I loved going back in time and thinking about how I was in those times, haha. I agree, the times have changed and websites become less popular as other ones over take. Thank you! X
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This post has brought back some serious memories! After school every single afternoon on habbo, bebo and piczo then myspace when that came along. So nostalgic! x
Sophie
http://www.glowsteady.co.uk
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I know, right. I can’t believe how much things have changed x
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I wasn’t big into the internet around this time, the only one I remember is my space 🙈🙈
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Omg these sites bring back old memories haha XD
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I know. It was such a fun post to write
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Definitely took me down memory lane!!! I must admit that I didnt expect facebook to last this long but it’s still going strong.
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Yeah, I think Facebook has taken quite a few people by surprise
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