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Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web by marttt on Monday April 08, 2019 @09:33AM (#19604993)
There's also Kenneth Goldsmith's UbuWeb, a curated directory of (hard or impossible-to-find) avant-garde art, music, writing, video. Launched in 1996.

http://ubu.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UbuWeb

Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web by Funes- on Monday April 08, 2019 @01:15PM (#19607094)
This one's great. I've lost count of how many films I've watched that I would have never found otherwise.

Here's another big art repository:

https://monoskop.org/Monoskop

And a very well-documented collection (a "wiki") of paintings, also non-profit:

https://wikiart.org

Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web by marttt on Monday April 08, 2019 @02:29PM (#19607808)
+1, I forgot about Monoskop, a truly fascinating resource.

Another interesting one is Aaaaarg (according to Monoskop's wiki, originally with one less "a", acronym of Artists, Architects, and Activists Reading Group):

https://aaaaarg.fail/

https://monoskop.org/Aaaaarg

Basically it's a collaborative environment for reading, annotating and discussing texts. The content is submitted by users and (thus) of high quality.

I think you need an invite to access the community. Also, the domain used to be aaaaarg.org, but I think they faced copyright issues of some kind and had to find an alternative domain. (Not sure about this; excellent new suffix, though!)

EDIT: More precise description:

https://www.memoryoftheworld.org/blog/2014/10/28/aaaaarg-org...

Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web by randomsearch on Monday April 08, 2019 @05:59PM (#19609469)
Possible contrarian insight: in the era of recommendation systems, hand-curation is due a big comeback.

I’ve been listening to the BBC’s Introducing Mixtape podcast for a while. I also use Spotify and really enjoy its recommendation but the 6 Music podcast is just stellar.

As paywalls restore quality journalism, I believe a renaissance for curated content is possible.

Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web by bopbop on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @11:45AM (#19615822)
Interesting - what would the evidence that current paywalls are/have restored quality journalism be?

As in, do you believe this uptick in quality journalism has already happened/is happening? And what associates it with paywalls? Presumably you'd have to be seeing quality journalism behind paywalls for this to be case?

Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web by aasasd on Monday April 08, 2019 @07:56PM (#19610348)
searches for the go-to litmus test of Gruuthaagy

Welp, apparently this is the rare case where ‘avant-garde’ isn't the same as ‘experimental’ or ‘underground.’