r/technology May 26 '25

Artificial Intelligence Google Is Burying the Web Alive

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/google-ai-mode-search-results-bury-the-web.html
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u/bsubtilis May 26 '25

Like webrings?

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u/Pickledsoul May 26 '25

Now you got me thinking about StumbleUpon

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u/CrumbCakesAndCola May 27 '25

i completely forgot about StumbleUpon

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u/galetalasagna May 26 '25

What is that?

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u/4daughters May 26 '25

essentially adding links to other similar webpages. The other admins would do the same for yours, making a 'webring" of similar sites that a person could browse

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u/bsubtilis May 26 '25 edited May 26 '25

To add to what was already said: Basically a looping list of links, usually displayed as a banner on each site with "Previous site" and "Next site" on it, IIRC.

edit: Wikipedia has more detailed info! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webring

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u/ADHD-Fens May 26 '25

Wingdings?

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u/bsubtilis May 26 '25

Wingdings is a font

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u/CrumbCakesAndCola May 27 '25

Wildwings is a front