geekring
Consumer and social
webring
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
13 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 5 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 11 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Nostalgic revival of webrings and the small web
From 3 comments
I love this. webrings were one of the best features of the pre-monetized internet
schwartzworld on HNI have never heard of geekrings before, I love it! I can see that included in my morning web routine. Bookmarked!
afkqs on HNI love this! Can we do this with gopher somehow? Gopher needs curation like this.
digitalsin on HN
Good for serendipitous discovery
From 2 comments
This allows for surfing and exploring the web in a non-structured way. If you're not explicitly searching for a site or a site doesn't comes up in a feed you subscribe to, then…
chrisco255 on HNI remember webrings fondly because they introduced a minimal level of curation. If I'm on the Basic STAMP webring I don't want Tintin fancomics. That belongs on the Hergé webring.
progre on HN
Objections
Many member sites lack the ring links, so navigation breaks
From 2 comments
This breaks on the 3rd site in the ring because people don't look as though they're including the webring code on their page.
bencollier49 on HNThis is great! I just put in a submission and added your links to my homepage. I will say, so far most of the sites I have tried with the random button are missing the webring…
osamagirl69 on HN
Ring lacks curation; some sites seem off-topic
From 1 comment
Nice, I often find myself missing the weird web of my youth. I hope this takes off. I think the ring needs a bit of curation though, of the few sites that are on it now the…
progre on HN
Requests
Require or favour sites that link back to the ring
From 2 comments
I've not come across the concept of a webring before - but this is cool. I feel like adding a link back to the ring (or at least next page) should be mandatory - else it feels a…
seven4 on HNThis is great! I just put in a submission and added your links to my homepage. I will say, so far most of the sites I have tried with the random button are missing the webring…
osamagirl69 on HN
Fix mixed HTTP/HTTPS content
From 1 comment
FYI - there's mixed HTTP/HTTPS content on this page. You can fix the security warnings by loading images with https.
hellcow on HN
Questions
Is the ring for English sites only or multilingual?
From 1 comment
Is it for English sites only? Do you think it make sense for a ring to be multilingual?
mjochim on HN
Is the random page's date local or universal?
From 1 comment
Blown away by the positive reception and the many submissions! I thought it'd be really fun not to give people the usual form where everything is laid out for them to fill out.…
dusted on HN
Alternatives named
Weird Wide Webring
From 1 comment
This is really cool to see and I love how webrings are making a comeback. Here's one from Jack McDade filled with weird people/things. https://weirdwidewebring.net/
michaelbrooks on HN
openring
From 1 comment
I did something similar here that you may be interested in: https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/openring
ddevault on HN
Homebrew CPU webring
From 1 comment
I discovered the Homebrew CPU webring less than 10 years ago and was amazed to find it's still full of great projects. Still going strong today, and many of the links are on…
tdeck on HN
Curlie directory
From 1 comment
Have you looked at https://curlie.org/ (successor to DMOZ)? What problem do you think directory websites solve that search doesn't?
mgreg on HN