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by b33j0r 950 days ago
I was old enough for a geocities homepage, but not old enough to get that a webring was a web-ring.

I thought it was some cool secretive club of people: “we bring you internet stuff, and we’re all friends. Maybe we’ll let you in, kid.”

Then I got a bit older and thought it was a lewd reference to circles of jerks.

It would be years later, after the blogosphere collapsed, and social media had given us all PTSD, when I first heard someone explain what it was.

Just a few minutes ago, actually! ;)