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the web was fascinating every second. You could click on a link without having ANY idea what you would land on. The overall quality was very poor, but it was th
by bsaul 2y ago
the web was fascinating every second. You could click on a link without having ANY idea what you would land on. The overall quality was very poor, but it was thrilling.
A bit like indie cinema.
- nejsjsjsbsb 2y agoMy first search: cocktails
- yesbabyyes 2y agoThe Webtender is still going strong! https://www.webtender.com/ https://www.webtender.com/
- philsnow 2y agoI miss webrings [0], and especially the 'random' link that would take you to a random site within a given webring. [0] it feels weird to have to link to this but there's probably somebody who's never heard of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webring
- brisray 2y agoWebrings are making a little bit of a comeback. I've listed all the ones I know of on https://brisray.com/web/webring-list.htm https://brisray.com/web/webring-list.htm
- brisray 2y agoIt was inevitable the web would be commercialized but there's plenty of people still creating their own personal websites - they're just a bit harder to find now. There are people around trying to make these sites a bit more findable by creating specialized search engines. I have put the ones I know of at https://brisray.com/web/altsearch.htm https://brisray.com/web/altsearch.htm