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The internet used to feel like a treasure hunt. Let’s bring that back. (www.cornersofinternet.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Remember when the internet felt like a giant treasure hunt instead of just… cycling through the same five apps? Yeah, me too. That’s why I started COI (Corners of Internet)—a place where I dig up weird, fun, and happy corners of the web so you don’t have to.

No algorithms. No doomscrolling. Just pure internet exploration.

If it’s cool, underrated, or a little unhinged, it goes on COI.

Check it out: www.cornersofinternet.com

Also, if you’ve got a favorite weird site, drop it below! I’m always looking for new rabbit holes to fall into.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (4 children)

The internet used to feel like a treasure hunt because it wasn't indexed well, and a large part of the surface content were pages made by oddball people letting their weirdness run wild without social limitations.

Sure, algorithms keep most normies in a social media ecosystem, but it's also not exactly easy for me to make a truly anonymous website about the awesome predictions I've made from looking at the patterns in my breakfast cereal every morning - AND just let it be. There's pressure to promote it, crosspost it, etc. Even the fun of thought experiments posted to a GeoCities page come with risks now.

Maybe I'm jaded and lack the youthful energy to stay up until 4:30am slapping im14amdthisisdeep stuff somewhere. Maybe everyone else that's just slightly weird still expects to get paid for that with ads when it all used to be free and fun.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I've made websites about my little hobby projects. Rent a VPS for $1/month, get a privacy, no-name domain for $5/year, and just put stuff up. Mostly for my own reference or documentation; I don't care if anyone else ever sees it, but it does get hits (mostly from the openai bot). Shouting into the void like it's 1995.

I do miss when people would post links to actual interesting original sites, as opposed to just screenshots of other social media posts. Give me a link to https://tvtropes.org/ not a jpeg of the KnowNothingKnowItAll next to a picture of Elon Musk. That's resulted in the internet going from 99% crap to 99.99% crap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Thisss close to a 100% crap, we still have hope :P

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