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Webring - Another One Bites The Dust

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the geocities-then-yahoo-then-obscurity dept.

imrdkl writes: "Salon is running an feature about the history of the WebRing since Yahoo! bought it last September. The article goes on to give an outlook on Yahoo! itself, including how WebRing has recently been sold to one of the original developers. Webring seemed to me to be a really nice neighborly concept, but it seems at least some of the ringmasters reckon it should die now."

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  1. Can't wait for LoTR... by Soko · · Score: 4, Funny

    I seem to remember a Webring of Webrings?

    "One ring to connect to then all, and in the Ethernet bind them..."

    *wince* [Ducks myriad of popcorn and Glossettes from the back of the back of the theatre...

    Yeesh. Sorry 'bout that...

    Soko

    --
    "Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm." - Anonymous
  2. They ought to start ... by javaaddikt · · Score: 2, Funny

    an unemployment webring for the displaced admins and programmers. Oh, wait! Doh!