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Webring

Sites linking to each other in a circle, on purpose, with no algorithm involved. Currently living its second life on the strength of that last clause.

Born
1994
Peak
1998
Died
2001
Revived
2019
Cause of death
Killed by search engines; revived by Neocities, 2019
First sighting
EUROPa / WebRing, Sage Weil
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Life & death · 1993–2027
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2025
PEAK 1998
BORN · 1994
DIED · 2001
REVIVED · 2019
NOW · 2026

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Definition @tildeclub · Archivist 11 Feb 2026

The revival is not nostalgia. A webring is the only discovery mechanism ever built where the people deciding what you see next are the people who made the thing you are currently reading.

Sighting @pixelrot · Digger 4 Feb 2026

Filed as evidence: 1,110 active rings counted on Neocities this month, up from roughly 300 in 2021. Method and list attached.

📎 ref GUI-2026-0355 · verified
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