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Directories are still useful - Archive of Our Own (https://archiveofourown.org/ https://archiveofourown.org/) is a large example for fan fiction, Wikipedia has
by kickscondor 7y ago
Directories are still useful - Archive of Our Own (https://archiveofourown.org/ https://archiveofourown.org/) is a large example for fan fiction, Wikipedia has a full directory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Main_topic_classifications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Main_topic_classifica...), Reddit wikis perform this function, Awesome directories (https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) or personal directories like mine at href.cool.
The Web is too big for a single large directory - but a network of small directories seems promising. (Supported by link-sharing sites like Pinboard and HN.)
- ninju 7y agoHow about this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists
- kickscondor 7y agoYes! But, of course, for directories outside of Wikipedia. This is very interesting for its classification structure. It's so typical of Wikipedia that a 'master list of lists' (by my count, there are 589 list links on this page) contains lists such as "Lists of Melrose Place episodes" and "Lists of Middle-earth articles" alongside lists such as "lists of wars" or "lists of banks".
- brokensegue 7y agoAo3 isn't really a directory since they do the actual hosting
- kickscondor 7y agoYes, thank you - I only mean in terms of organization.