Remember when the internet felt like a giant treasure hunt instead of just… cycling through the same five apps? Yeah, me too. That’s why I started COI (Corners of Internet)—a place where I dig up weird, fun, and happy corners of the web so you don’t have to.

No algorithms. No doomscrolling. Just pure internet exploration.

If it’s cool, underrated, or a little unhinged, it goes on COI.

Check it out: www.cornersofinternet.com

Also, if you’ve got a favorite weird site, drop it below! I’m always looking for new rabbit holes to fall into.

  • Libb
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    3 days ago

    Hey I’m old too!

    You’re experienced. Don’t let all those kiddos barely out of their diapers convince you otherwise ;)

    I’d guess that the majority of the initial users for this site will also be old folks who remember the old days before the internet was essentially owned by a handful of major corporations with the same handful of billionaires trying to profit off of ever single digital interaction we have with the internet.

    Talking kiddos, I’m glad to see quite a few of them trying to rekindle with a non corporate-owned web. That’s so positive.I’m all for it!

    As I’m all in with seeing them re-appropriating ‘zines’, btw… Even though I sincerely think most younger people are way too shy nowadays, and so fucking dramatically too politically correct too (like really, for me it’s a pain to watch them not dare try anything remotely unsettling/disturbing out of fear of maybe offending someone), still as much as I’m able to I will happily keep on supporting those (too) timid young people trying their hands at publishing indie stuff. Be it zine, music, vids…

    That being said, because I must stay true to my old-grumpy posture, I should also say that I’m not a fan of seeing so many of them expecting to get some money for publishing their zines. But well, maybe this time it’s officially just me really showing my age and the fact that I’m not completely broke anymore. Back then, we exchanged zines between makers (the excitation of receiving some zine from the USA or Japan, and to send copies of mine there, by snail mail!) but we also forcefully shoved our zines in the hands of any potential reader we came across—just fucking take it! And read it!—way too happy to see someone just have a look at our little trashy baby. At least as a beginner and small fanzine maker… ‘established’ fanzines were not as willing to distribute freely even back then ;)