What happened to all TMNT fansites?

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 09-01-2017, 02:08 PM

During the mid and late-1990's and early-2000's, there were many TMNT fansites, most of them by young people in their mid-late teens and early-20's who had TMNT as a childhood memory.

These had fanfiction, fanart, humour and links.

Today, some of them remain (like "latest update: 27 May 2004" or something), and only a few (like Jephael) are still updated. New fans don't create many.

What happened with them? Did they die out with the private websites being replaced with blogs (later replaced with social media)?

I know there are websites for fanfiction, but you can always do a link.

*Andrew NDB* · 09-01-2017, 03:06 PM

Many sites. The Ring of Green. It's apparently still in existence... http://hub.entertainmentrings.com/hub/tmnt#.WanLkLKGNhF

Even Mikey's TMNT is gone.

My favorite site back in the day was Under Manhattan. Does anyone remember that?

*Powder* · 09-01-2017, 03:39 PM

I'm glad I scoured them for (official) content before they were all lost to time.

That said, I can't say I miss many of them, if any. Mikey's TMNT, maybe. It was one of the cooler sites, though I can't remember if I had an account or just lurked.

**Machias Banshee** · 09-01-2017, 07:51 PM

When Geocities wiped out the personal sites a few years back, you lost a TON of great fansites...

*TurtleWA* · 09-01-2017, 10:08 PM

Probably not the correct location to ask the question so I apologize in advance. But what's the story with this? Is it a section of the drome I am not aware of? Who created it? I like how they started collecting various images of the turtles and the other various characters.

http://tcplanet.thetechnodrome.com/Crew_profiles.html

*DestronMirage22* · 09-02-2017, 12:02 AM

Interest in TMNT has probably diminished a lot in recent years. People mostly see it as more of a kids franchise.
That, along with the fact that the internet has changed quite a bit over the years (with places like Facebook and Reddit existing where you can discuss things more easily) have probably led to fansites being unnecessary/obsolete in this modern day and age.

09-01-2017, 02:08 PM	#1
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,155	What happened to all TMNT fansites? During the mid and late-1990's and early-2000's, there were many TMNT fansites, most of them by young people in their mid-late teens and early-20's who had TMNT as a childhood memory. These had fanfiction, fanart, humour and links. Today, some of them remain (like "latest update: 27 May 2004" or something), and only a few (like Jephael) are still updated. New fans don't create many. What happened with them? Did they die out with the private websites being replaced with blogs (later replaced with social media)? I know there are websites for fanfiction, but you can always do a link.

09-01-2017, 03:06 PM	#2
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 29,256	Many sites. The Ring of Green. It's apparently still in existence... http://hub.entertainmentrings.com/hub/tmnt#.WanLkLKGNhF Even Mikey's TMNT is gone. My favorite site back in the day was Under Manhattan. Does anyone remember that? __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

09-01-2017, 03:39 PM	#3
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,809	I'm glad I scoured them for (official) content before they were all lost to time. That said, I can't say I miss many of them, if any. Mikey's TMNT, maybe. It was one of the cooler sites, though I can't remember if I had an account or just lurked. __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

09-01-2017, 07:51 PM	#4
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	When Geocities wiped out the personal sites a few years back, you lost a TON of great fansites...

09-01-2017, 10:08 PM	#5
TurtleWA Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: WA Posts: 2,507	Probably not the correct location to ask the question so I apologize in advance. But what's the story with this? Is it a section of the drome I am not aware of? Who created it? I like how they started collecting various images of the turtles and the other various characters. http://tcplanet.thetechnodrome.com/Crew_profiles.html

09-02-2017, 12:02 AM	#6
DestronMirage22 Yukipedia Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 1,723	Interest in TMNT has probably diminished a lot in recent years. People mostly see it as more of a kids franchise. That, along with the fact that the internet has changed quite a bit over the years (with places like Facebook and Reddit existing where you can discuss things more easily) have probably led to fansites being unnecessary/obsolete in this modern day and age.