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How the webring became the grassroots tool of choice for sharing content online in the ‘90s. The concept was social media before media was social.

Nov 20, 2020

Wiki-Fail

Looking with fresh eyes at the Wikitorial, the Los Angeles Times’ extremely misguided attempt to bring the wiki concept to the newspaper editorial page.

May 02, 2019

Burrowing A Gopher Hole

The Gopher protocol isn't supported by the modern web basically at all, but despite this, it lingers on, a quarter century from its peak. Here's how.

Jun 22, 2017

The Big Data Jukebox

When AllMusic launched 25 years ago, it wasn't an obvious big data play. But it became one. Hidden in its millions of entries is music's collective history.

Sep 20, 2016

 Related Tags: music industry, internet history, internet, wikipedia, webring, webrings, europa, Sage Weil, quake, internet link exchange, jimmy wales, larry sanger, bomis, social media, web 1.0, quake clans, newspapers, politics, pop culture, gopher

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