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Re:Open-R1: an open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1 by bsaul on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @04:47AM (#42850579)
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.

Re:Open-R1: an open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1 by philsnow on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @06:40AM (#42851279)
I 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

Re:Open-R1: an open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1 by brisray on Saturday February 01, 2025 @03:25PM (#42901904)
Webrings 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
Re:Open-R1: an open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1 by nejsjsjsbsb on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @04:51AM (#42850602)
My first search: cocktails
Re:Open-R1: an open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1 by yesbabyyes on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @09:37AM (#42852787)
The Webtender is still going strong!

https://www.webtender.com/

Re:Open-R1: an open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1 by brisray on Saturday February 01, 2025 @03:23PM (#42901892)
It 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