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Re:The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back by kradeelav on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:08PM (#30079967)
Why not, with web-rings?

I don't mean that snarkily: I have at least 2-3 webrings on my personal link page, and neocities is home to literally hundreds more.

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Re:The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back by warkdarrior on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:00PM (#30080334)
Web-rings are linked lists, slow to navigate. Google gives you hashtable access to the web.
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Re:The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back by MereInterest on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:18PM (#30080441)
Slow to navigate, but far less vulnerable to corruption. Each link was intentionally made by a human, vouching for its integrity and usefulness. Each link is followed only if I trust a site enough to believe its recommendation.
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Re:The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back by hypertele-Xii on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:34AM (#30083499)
Maybe being slow to navigate is actually a feature, standing against the endless algorithmic torrent of 5 second tiktok videos and meme doomscrolling.

You're supposed to take your time checking out cool shit people make for the love of it.

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Re:The old internet shows signs of quietly coming back by sseagull on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:38PM (#30080574)
Slow to navigate, but amenable to “browsing” and finding related pages and sites. Think of it as a built-in recommendation engine.
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