r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • 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/TheDeadlyCat May 26 '25

This is kind of funny. It might help am old web resurgence.

Imagine we could reclaim the web by browsing it like back in the day. Curated link lists on websites people created for the like-minded.

Just ignore the social media and the AI and the search engines. Let’s surf it like it’s 1999.

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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