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• I love receiving your posts in my inbox, but for some reason this one hits hard. I often lament how social media destroyed the creativity of the Internet. I'm excited to get back into websurfing and feel that sense of connection again.

  July 6, 2025 at 10:53 pmCandy

• I miss Stumbleupon for that! It would lead to some pretty neat sites. I have loved using Pocket to save things to read but they are retiring it. Anyone have any suggestions for another tool besides RSS? Though I will check that as well.

  July 6, 2025 at 5:44 pmAnita

• David, thanks for this trip down memory lane. My first website in 1997 was a book review site with lots of outbound links. I hadn't even realized some of these changes, and I'm glad you wrote about this. Also, I just joined your Patreon because I've been enjoying your writing...

  July 5, 2025 at 3:44 pmKim

• OMG, David, I remember how much fun I had surfing the web in the good old days! Thank you for reminding me. I'm going back!

  July 2, 2025 at 9:13 amMaryellen

• u r a i n o

  July 1, 2025 at 7:08 pmbettey