They're still out there in some niches. For example, quite a few gaming sites still have affiliates, which are basically the fancy equivalent of a blogroll with

They're still out there in some niches. For example, quite a few gaming sites still have affiliates, which are basically the fancy equivalent of a blogroll with site quality and traffic requirements attached to them. That said, they're certainly less common than they used to be, and that's something that's definitely annoyed me about the internet in recent years. Feels the culture of helping people out and working together to provide great content has been replaced with a 'me me me' type self centredness, where everyone only thinks about backlinks and personal social media popularity and anyone not in the 'in group' should be discarded whenever it gets convenient to do so.