Random Geek in limboMar 31, 2024

The eldest among us remember the First Web, before search engines were Good Actually. They used secret magics to make sense of the chaos that was the First Web.

Site directories.

Web rings.

Home pages linking to trusted sites.

Homework and jello shooter recipes study notes.

Now that the Search Engines have fallen it is time to bring those ancient tools back, for ourselves and the youngest among us who never knew the First Web.

Show threadgaryMar 31, 2024
@randomgeek now you can make your own se pretty easily and combine results with other se of your own choice - ai should help this even more and ai will have to constantly run to collect real time data just like a good search engine so you can get 2 birds with one stone - real time ai should be much better than ai trained on data that is a year or two old
Show threadPhilip Kiff

@gary_alderson @randomgeek Haha, I can't tell if you're kidding here or not, but if you aren't, then I predict you will be very disappointed with the eventual product of AI generated links!!

My recollection of webrings and manual directories was that they eventually got overswamped by the massive quantity of content. Curiously, though, now I feel like most of that same content is just so much BS that I'd be better off with a custom curated sliver of content instead. Heh.

Apr 2, 2024 at 3:49amSubwayTooter
Show threadgaryApr 2, 2024
@pkiff @randomgeek meh - ai won't hit smb sector for 5 years - plenty of time to fail and of course many will fail but some will be fantastic - uncensored,p2p and real time - people are horrible at predicting the future - it could be 8 years