refdesk.com was the very first website I visited in the earlish-90s. An awesome curated collection of websites.

...and looking at it today, it may not have changed much.

Thank fark for Fark.com and I guess refdesk.com. Classic Intertubes.

reddit has become nearly unreadable. If it isn't puns, bots, bots reposting puns, it's some awful "no shit" relationship advice thread, etc. (no, I don't have an account so yes, I do look at /r/all).