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minus-squarehayvan@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoEveryone, go find some indieweb sites. Reminiscent of 90s, there are minimal websites with visitor counters and guestbooks.
minus-squarehayvan@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoActually yes, indie web sites do organize webrings.
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoDamn, that random site button really scratches the old StumbleUpon itch.
minus-squarefilcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey work, but they probably shouldn’t. I use one for url shortening and I love it, whilst its sometimes a pain at the same time.
minus-squareLiana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoHow, uh… how do we find them? I’m presuming Google isn’t really an option, since they drive traffic in the opposite way. Got a link to a list of them or something?
minus-squareTrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agohttps://baccyflap.com/rsp/
minus-squaremushroommunk@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI haven’t tried them at all but kagi claims to focus on smaller sites first, which would more likely include what they’re referencing
minus-squareLiana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThank ya. I remember my favorite times with the internet being those when I had a list of small sites I’d check each day. I’d like to rebuild that :)
minus-squareSeth Taylor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’m guessing since they’re reminiscent of the 90s, maybe Yellow Pages?
minus-squarehayvan@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNeocities.org and theindieweb.com are good places to start. I found some sweet places through, ironically, YouTube videos talking about dead internet and how there are people passionate abot old alive internet.
minus-squarebalian@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agokagi.com/smallweb readsomethinginteresting.com
Everyone, go find some indieweb sites. Reminiscent of 90s, there are minimal websites with visitor counters and guestbooks.
Webrings as well?
Actually yes, indie web sites do organize webrings.
https://🕸💍.ws/
Damn, that random site button really scratches the old StumbleUpon itch.
They work, but they probably shouldn’t. I use one for url shortening and I love it, whilst its sometimes a pain at the same time.
How, uh… how do we find them? I’m presuming Google isn’t really an option, since they drive traffic in the opposite way. Got a link to a list of them or something?
https://baccyflap.com/rsp/
I haven’t tried them at all but kagi claims to focus on smaller sites first, which would more likely include what they’re referencing
Thank ya. I remember my favorite times with the internet being those when I had a list of small sites I’d check each day. I’d like to rebuild that :)
I’m guessing since they’re reminiscent of the 90s, maybe Yellow Pages?
Neocities
Neocities.org and theindieweb.com are good places to start.
I found some sweet places through, ironically, YouTube videos talking about dead internet and how there are people passionate abot old alive internet.
kagi.com/smallweb
readsomethinginteresting.com
kasanete.to
Free media heck yeah