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Did someone just reinvent Yahoo as it existed in 1994?

by cactacea 4y ago

saboot 4y ago
I hope so, it was useful then, useful now!
- monkeynotes 4y ago
  I don't think it's that simple. It was useful then because web discoverability was an unsolved problem, and web content was tiny compared to today. A directory sort of fit the need. As the web grew directories became bloated and hard to navigate, search became more useful. This is more of a nostalgia or niche link list. It's not the same purpose as yahoo in the 90s.
  - blowski 4y ago
    If you don't think it's useful for you, then don't use it. I like it, so I'm going to use it.
  - fnfontana 4y ago
    I think that search engines like Google are unbeatable to find content that we already know about. On the other hand, those lists are great to discover what we don't already know about, such as new topics, etc. Just like the awesome lists on GitHub.
    - mattarm 4y ago
      > Just like the awesome lists on GitHub. My thought exactly, and also why I don't just search 'latest news' on Google every morning. Human curation is a thing. (not sure how much human curation goes into ooh.directory, but I'm pretty sure they don't use Google's ranking algorithms to surface links)
      - philgyford 4y ago
        Hi, it's my site. I find the links by exploring*, and I add and categorise them manually. * or "surfing the net", if you're old enough.
        rjewell 4y ago
        doing god’s work
    - luispauloml 4y ago
      > Just like the awesome lists on GitHub. What are these lists you're talking about? Could you give an example?
      - ivansavz 4y ago
        Here is an awesome list of awesome lists on various topics: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome#contents https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome#contents
      - OctopusLupid 4y ago
        One example: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
  - orlp 4y ago
    Web discoverability was solved and then unsolved once again by endless SEO.
ralmeida4381 4y ago
LOL, that was my first impression! Obviously the milenials doesn't know about yahoo. But well... the problem is almost the same: too few info == too much info => No enough info to make decisions.
- Mezzie 4y ago
  Hey now, a couple of us remember! ;) Yahoo is how baby me learned the word 'hierarchical'.
- cercatrova 4y ago
  Millennials? Or Gen Z? The youngest Millennial is 26, so they probably knew at least a little when they were young about what Yahoo was.
- cactacea 4y ago
  Sorry to break it to you but I'm a millennial lol
pavlov 4y ago
It's not a coincidence: there's a shadow of an exclamation point in the logo, and the color scheme hints towards Yahoo!'s trademark purple too.
- aendruk 4y ago
  And the name. Yahooh
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Did someone just reinvent Yahoo as it existed in 1994?

saboot 4y ago

I hope so, it was useful then, useful now!

monkeynotes 4y ago
I don't think it's that simple. It was useful then because web discoverability was an unsolved problem, and web content was tiny compared to today. A directory sort of fit the need. As the web grew directories became bloated and hard to navigate, search became more useful. This is more of a nostalgia or niche link list. It's not the same purpose as yahoo in the 90s.
- blowski 4y ago
  If you don't think it's useful for you, then don't use it. I like it, so I'm going to use it.
- fnfontana 4y ago
  I think that search engines like Google are unbeatable to find content that we already know about. On the other hand, those lists are great to discover what we don't already know about, such as new topics, etc. Just like the awesome lists on GitHub.
  - mattarm 4y ago
    > Just like the awesome lists on GitHub. My thought exactly, and also why I don't just search 'latest news' on Google every morning. Human curation is a thing. (not sure how much human curation goes into ooh.directory, but I'm pretty sure they don't use Google's ranking algorithms to surface links)
    - philgyford 4y ago
      Hi, it's my site. I find the links by exploring*, and I add and categorise them manually. * or "surfing the net", if you're old enough.
      - rjewell 4y ago
        doing god’s work
  - luispauloml 4y ago
    > Just like the awesome lists on GitHub. What are these lists you're talking about? Could you give an example?
    - ivansavz 4y ago
      Here is an awesome list of awesome lists on various topics: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome#contents https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome#contents
    - OctopusLupid 4y ago
      One example: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted
- orlp 4y ago
  Web discoverability was solved and then unsolved once again by endless SEO.

ralmeida4381 4y ago

LOL, that was my first impression! Obviously the milenials doesn't know about yahoo. But well... the problem is almost the same: too few info == too much info => No enough info to make decisions.

Mezzie 4y ago
Hey now, a couple of us remember! ;) Yahoo is how baby me learned the word 'hierarchical'.
cercatrova 4y ago
Millennials? Or Gen Z? The youngest Millennial is 26, so they probably knew at least a little when they were young about what Yahoo was.
cactacea 4y ago
Sorry to break it to you but I'm a millennial lol

pavlov 4y ago

It's not a coincidence: there's a shadow of an exclamation point in the logo, and the color scheme hints towards Yahoo!'s trademark purple too.

aendruk 4y ago
And the name. Yahooh

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