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I kind of like this idea, but then instead of just left and right arrows I want to be able to travel in a multi-dimensional space :)
by estambar 3y ago
I kind of like this idea, but then instead of just left and right arrows I want to be able to travel in a multi-dimensional space :)
- appplication 3y agoThis could be pretty basic browser extension. A little banner at the top or bottom: “websites like this one”
- scottyah 3y agoOr website curators all agree on a /webring.txt file (similar to a robots.txt) where they list websites they think are similar?
- JohnFen 3y agoAn important part of what made webrings good, though, was that they were curated (some more than others, but still...) Having sites just list others the site owners think are similar is just the site providing a list of links to "friend sites" -- which also used to be a common thing. That's also fun and useful, but not what webrings are about.
- joemi 3y agoI'm not sure I see the difference in curation between a webring and a "other cool sites" list, except that in the webring case there needs to be a central curator across several sites, so it's effectively just a single person's "other cool sites" list spread across several sites. "Other cool sites" lists were quite popular back then. That's what I used for site discovery instead of webrings.
- JohnFen 3y agoThe best webrings were curated by topic rather than just being a list of sites the ringmaster likes.
- kdwikzncba 3y agoLinks to friend sites - does this have a name? As a way of discovering content, I love the idea.
- ShadowBanThis01 3y agoOr... or.... a little banner that says, "From around the Web:"!
- phailhaus 3y agoLinks between websites in a sort of hyper-dimensional space! A...hyper-link?