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The heyday of webrings lasted from around 2001 until 2017. I'm not denying it, but I'm really surprised by that. I was heavy into online diaries, e/n, then blo
by petercooper 3y ago
The heyday of webrings lasted from around 2001 until 2017.
I'm not denying it, but I'm really surprised by that. I was heavy into online diaries, e/n, then blogging, and I remember seeing them mostly in the 1997-2001 period. I ran one myself as well, a Ben Folds Five fansite webring :-D Blogrolls seemed to largely replace them after about 2003 or so, at least in my circles.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoYeah, after the early 2000s, especially in 2017, I'm sure 99% of webring usage was either zombie webrings on untouched sites or a small group of revivalists trying to bring them back like the smolweb. Neither seem adequate to extend the "heyday". Same with those "top sites" websites where you had to beg users to click on the tiny referral banner to vote for your website. I haven't seen a webring in the wild since the early 2000s except on zombie websites found on Marginalia.