I was old enough for a geocities homepage, but not old enough to get that a webring was a web-ring. I thought it was some cool secretive club of people: “we br

I was old enough for a geocities homepage, but not old enough to get that a webring was a web-ring. I thought it was some cool secretive club of people: “we bring you internet stuff, and we’re all friends. Maybe we’ll let you in, kid.” Then I got a bit older and thought it was a lewd reference to circles of jerks. It would be years later, after the blogosphere collapsed, and social media had given us all PTSD, when I first heard someone explain what it was. Just a few minutes ago, actually! ;)