> There used to be a wealth of smaller "labor-of-love" websites from individuals doing interesting things Those websites are long gone. First, because search e

> There used to be a wealth of smaller "labor-of-love" websites from individuals doing interesting things Those websites are long gone. First, because search engines defaulted to promoting 'recent content' on HTTPS websites, which eliminates a lot of informational sites that were not SSL-secured and archived on university web servers for example. Second, because the time and effort required to compile this information today feels wasted because it can be essentially copied wholesale and reproduced on a content-hungry blogspam website, often without attribution to the original author. In its place are cynical Substacks, Twitters or Tiktoks doing growth marketing ahead of an inevitable book deal or online course sales pitch.