Post AX4GrqfoKjhETdPtwG by lori@hackers.town
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(DIR) Post #AX4GrqfoKjhETdPtwG by lori@hackers.town
2023-06-25T13:53:30Z
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I saw a thread the other day basically talking about how we need to bring back Yahoo style directories and the best way to go about that and I think a lot of people are trying to way over engineer it.Why not start small? If you have a blog, make your own page with a directory of your best sources for the topics that interest you. Then we either webring that shit or compile them later. But this is something you can start with now, you can go out this week and compile your best sources. You can link to other people's directories you find useful and create a network. Then if someone wants to curate all that into "Xahoo.com" later then we've got a head start. We don't need to fuss around over the tech, we need the information.
(DIR) Post #AX4GrsAKmjhr6ahn9c by lori@hackers.town
2023-06-25T13:53:40Z
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I'm going to try to work on this for myself this week
(DIR) Post #AX4GrsDsZYXfHaMcgC by 7666@comp.lain.la
2023-06-26T01:29:56.235899Z
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@lori webrings are cool, you just gotta know where to find themhttps://webring.lain.la/
(DIR) Post #AX4GrtuSIkC2VvI8gK by lori@hackers.town
2023-06-25T14:00:43Z
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In fact I'm going to pose this as a challenge (or a request, maybe that sounds nicer)This week, put up a page on your personal blog, gemlog, I forgot what gopher blogs are called, neocities page, neopets profile, I don't care, but put up a page with the sites you go to a lot for topics that interest you. Even one topic. Then tag it with #NewYahoo or something. I guess not "or something" we need them in one place I'm sorry that I didn't come up with something funnier but it's something anyway. Then look there and see who else is adding useful stuff for topics you like. Add the sources you found useful to your page too, or link to their page. I'd rather see a lot of repetition than not enough resources. Put the shit you assume everyone already knows about even, you wouldn't believe how many times I've had to teach people the Internet archive exists. And on that note you don't only need to find entire sites that are useful, link to a single PDF on the IA that answers every question you have about the one weird thing you're into. Because we need knowledge on the Internet right now. We need real information to combat the "make sure your squirrel nest box has enough room for them to lay their eggs" bullshit we're flooded with right now. That includes links to goddamn BOOKS at this point.We can talk about the best way to do it all day but let's just try SOMETHING to start compiling information. I'm not the person you'd want to be behind building a New Yahoo, but I know how to put links on my website, and if we can make a network of links, then whoever is up to the challenge of making such a site will have solid resources to start with.
(DIR) Post #AX4GruqEpuPjP8KHkO by lori@hackers.town
2023-06-25T14:05:23Z
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Please boost for visibility if you like the idea but honestly if I can get even two people to do this I will feel like I accomplished something and one of those two people better be me