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The "weird old web" was that way in part because there wasn't much in the way of curation. Occasionally encountering something unexpected was supposedly a good
by Finnucane 6y ago
The "weird old web" was that way in part because there wasn't much in the way of curation. Occasionally encountering something unexpected was supposedly a good thing.
- progre 6y agoI remember webrings fondly because they introduced a minimal level of curation. If I'm on the Basic STAMP webring I don't want Tintin fancomics. That belongs on the Hergé webring.
- pjc50 6y agoThey were entirely curated - but by humans, rather than algorithms. So there was more room for idiosyncracy. People also tended to have "kitchen sink" websites with a bit of all their interests on.
- FalconSensei 6y agoI remember when I used StumbleUpon to discover random things. That was cool
- chrisco255 6y agoYeah, that was the whole idea behind the "surfing" metaphor. Nobody surfs anymore, they just get an endless feed of algorithmic intellectual junk food.