In 2009, the web was a different place. Hungover and curious, you would visit websites like textsfromlastnight.com to read amusing and crass posts from strangers. But nowadays, the web has changed. We no longer seek out websites for entertainment, instead relying on algorithmically curated content on platforms like TikTok and Snapchat. Many miss the joy of discovery and the freedom to explore the web. The good news is that websites still exist, but we have lost our ability to curate and discover them. Most of us have traded our autonomy for a constant content feed. However, we can reclaim the joys of exploration by becoming curators ourselves and creating portals to interesting web content outside of the mainstream platforms. Let’s bring back the interconnectivity of the web and make open web portals for 2024.
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