Webernaut

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A fellow connoisseur of the internet's playful corners, sorted into moods like Strange Corners and Quiet Escapes, with a Wander button when you want fate to drive.

What it is

Webernaut is a hand-picked directory of websites worth your time, sorted into four categories: playful interactions, strange corners, quiet escapes and perspective shifts. Every entry gets its own page on Webernaut first, with a paragraph of context about what the site is and why it is interesting, and only then a link on to the original. The site describes itself as human-curated, privacy-minded and free of accounts.

How to play

Browse by category, or by one of the eleven curated picks, which gather sites around a theme: relaxing websites, soundscapes, data visualization, maps and geography, web art, tools for making something online, internet history, quick breaks, weird websites. Read the context page, then click through. If choosing is the problem, the wander button picks one doorway for you. A recently-added row at the top shows what is new.

What makes it different

The paragraph before the link. Most directories drop you straight onto a site with no idea what to do there. This one tells you what you are about to see and what makes it worth the visit, in a calm, unhurried voice. It also has taste: the picks are the good stuff, the small strange rooms and the quiet corners, not the clickbait. And there are no ads and no cookie wall, which is rare for a directory.

Why it is on Bored

Directories devoted entirely to pointless websites is what Pointless portals collects, and this is the well-mannered one. It overlaps with our own catalog in places, which is a compliment to both, and its curated lists are a good way to find the sites we do not have yet.

Tips

  • Try the wander button when you cannot decide
  • Read the context page before clicking through, that is the site's whole idea
  • The quiet escapes category is the one for a slow afternoon
  • Check the recently added row for things that are not on Bored yet

FAQ

Is Webernaut free?

Yes. It is free in the browser with no account, no ads and no cookie banner.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. It is a clean, readable directory that works on any screen.

How many sites does it list?

Ninety-nine published discoveries at the time of writing, across four categories and eleven curated lists.

Does it end?

No. It is a directory that keeps adding entries.

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URL: https://webernaut.com

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