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Back in the day the best way to find cool sites when you were on a cool site was to click next in the webring. In this age of ailing search engines and confidently incorrect AI, it is time for the webring to make a comeback.

This person has given his the code to get started: Webring

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[–] speeding_slug@feddit.nl 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ah man, those times were great. Bored? Just push the button and you'll see something new. No scrolling, just a new website with random interesting stuff to explore.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Old StumbleUpon was everything to me

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Wow i got hit right in the nostalgies thinking about StumbleUpon

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Oh god, I had it set as my home page for the longest time. I never got anything done but it was great having something new every time we opened our browser.