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What do you miss from the old internet? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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i think we need Cracked-style articles back. desperately. or like, a guy doing a weird thing and writing a piece on it. sites like those are declining faster than the glaciers.

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[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I found a BBQ site that had a webring the other day.

I was so happy.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Please tell me they called it a "smokering".

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lmao yes.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

The internet is healing...

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Could you elaborate a little please?

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A webring was a group of sites that shared a common interest that agreed to link to each other, so that you'd browse around in a circle between them.

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 3 points 8 months ago

Nice, I'm sure I've encountered that before. Thanks for explaining

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

I just double checked it was this site: http://www.bbquepits.com/

But looks like the webring itself is no longer functional. Oops.