I give it about 5 years before something like web rings reemerges. It's not just Google being pants. FB, Twitter, Discord, and Reddit are all pants too. Trust

I give it about 5 years before something like web rings reemerges. It's not just Google being pants. FB, Twitter, Discord, and Reddit are all pants too. Trust continues to decline in all these information aggregators. Eventually, people find sites they like, and use those sites to find other sources, and it'll be web rings all over again.