Webrings were one of the best parts of the early web. You’d land on someone’s site, see the ring navigation at the bottom, and click “next” to discover somewhere new. Linkring.lol brings that back for the ATProto ecosystem.
How It Works
Sites join the ring by adding a small widget to their page. The ring handles navigation — next, previous, random — and tracks which sites are getting traffic from the ring. Site owners get visibility into how discovery is actually working across the network.
Why Webrings, Why Now
The ATmosphere is full of people building personal sites and small tools, but discovery is hard. Search engines don’t index half of it. Social feeds move too fast. A webring is a slow, intentional way to say “hey, these are my neighbors, go visit them.”
Ring membership is stored as ATProto records in the participants’ PDS repositories. No central database of members — the ring is as decentralized as the protocol it serves.