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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

I was so happy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Please tell me they called it a "smokering".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

The internet is healing...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Could you elaborate a little please?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 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.