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Ask HN: Do you tend to visit a limited number of websites?
When I first discovered the internet, I used to go on exploration expeditions, as I had no idea what the internet had to offer, nor really what I wanted.
As times have moved on though, I find myself visiting only a limited number of websites, which has almost turned into a habit, and at times actually get bored, but not having the time, have no inclination to go on exploration expeditions.
Is the internet becoming dominated by a handful of companies providing limited services? Has it lost its youthful energy of random exploration or experimentation, curiosity fishing expeditions in other words? Is the internet more and more becoming a limited tool, useful for only a limited functions?
In summary, practically and realistically speaking, for regular users of the internet, has the internet lost its magic?
- TGJ 16y agoI think I have roughly 10 sites that I visit on a regular basis. The other sites that I hit are links from the top 10. I only go there long enough to read whatever article there is and close the page. I rarely use page 2 of google search unless I'm tracking down an answer to a problem I'm having. I would say that yes, the magic is gone from the internet, but in it's place I am left with a fine tuned experience where I don't feel that I'm missing out on anything. You might have something on the curiosity front. I don't find myself searching out random stuff that much anymore. Instead, I seem to rely on websites to tell me what is interesting. I think that realization is fairly disturbing but probably a trend overall for everyone.
- ljf 16y agoAs work is currently so busy I reckon I only visit 3 sites, HN, Twitter and Engadget. It's rare I go to any others, expect via links from the above...
- marklabedz 16y agoI have roughly 8-10 sites I visit regularly (probably driven by the tiles my Chrome homepage). When I find something particularly interesting though, my browsing becomes much more on the "exploration expedition" side. Kind of like this: http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2010/10/21/an_unexpected_connection.html http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2010/10/21/an_unexpect...