A tiny, decentralised tool to explore the small web

(codeberg.org)

92 points | by carte_blanche 2 hours ago

13 comments

  • punknight 1 hour ago
    I love this as a concept. The wander button is great, but it still needs some curating to decide what pages you like, and getting to the actual content. I guess I'd like to know the workflow moving forward? Just re-download the repo every couple weeks, and diff to see what new sites are on the list?
    • susam 4 minutes ago
      I am not sure I have understood your question accurately, but let me attempt a response anyway. If I get it wrong, please feel free to ask me again.

      There is no need to re-download https://codeberg.org/susam/wander every few weeks. The setup is a one-time step. From that repository, you copy exactly two files (index.html and wander.js) and place them on your web server, preferably within a /wander/ directory. After that, you only maintain the wander.js file.

      You curate your own links and choose which other Wander consoles to link to as neighbours. The contents of wander.js are entirely yours to define. There is no need to diff or compare it with the version in the repository.

      In fact, if you do not care about updating or curating links over time, you can leave both files untouched indefinitely. The only downside is that some links may eventually succumb to link rot, which could affect the wandering experience. So it may help to review your links occasionally and remove dead ones, but beyond that no ongoing maintenance is required.

  • dgb23 1 hour ago
    I want to like it, but I don't fully understand why one wouldn't just put a bunch of links on a /wander page and maybe randomize the order?
    • dreko 57 minutes ago
      Because the discovery is transitive. When you wander, it fetches another console's wander.js and picks from their pages, so you're not just exploring one person's list, you're hopping across a graph of curated lists. A static link page can't necessarily do that.
  • pacoWebConsult 28 minutes ago
    We're inventing stumbleupon from first principles.
  • dreko 56 minutes ago
    This is really cool, I think the idea here is fantastic!
  • weedhopper 1 hour ago
    Awesome it’s hosted on codeberg too
  • ChrisArchitect 54 minutes ago
  • ab_testing 44 minutes ago
    So like StumbleUpon
  • shevy-java 35 minutes ago
    I don't know how useful this is, but I am getting tired of Google and co ruining the world wide web how it once was. Something has to be done. I have no idea whether this here can be of help or not but the more people think about this, the better. Otherwise the quality will continue to degrade.
  • Babkock 1 hour ago
    Looks cool. Good job!
  • warkdarrior 1 hour ago
    This will get really fun when influencers get a hold of the idea and start connecting themselves into the Wander community.
  • pbronez 1 hour ago
    Cool idea - it’s like a recommended set of links, but integrated into an interface like stumble upon or Kagi’s small web browser
  • myylogic 1 hour ago
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  • Heer_J 1 hour ago
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