I'm also very interested in new paradigms to explore the internet. I've built a sort of explorable graph of adjacent websites based on my search engine database, was on Show HN a while back:
If you click 'similar' under any site, you get a list of its neighbors.
I think it would be neat to extend the metaphor not to just websites, but ... I dunno, something more general, links, topics, what have you. Like a browsable web of connected things. Maybe like with a bookmarking or annotation system. I think it could be super neat. Still a bit of a hand-wavy idea, but I want to build it, or someone else to build it.
Yep, graph structure of topics enables users to wander around topic space. Good for less directed, more exploratory searching.
Another graph that is useful is the graph of people -> topic clusters. See https://twitterverse.net/ . Such a graph can help rank content from people deeply invested in a particular topic, and its hard to fake because they would presumably have to trick all their peers about their expertise
We'll have our own Show HN soon but it's great to see similar ideas bouncing around. Would love to connect over email to learn more about your thoughts.
https://search.marginalia.nu/explore/news.ycombinator.com
If you click 'similar' under any site, you get a list of its neighbors.
I think it would be neat to extend the metaphor not to just websites, but ... I dunno, something more general, links, topics, what have you. Like a browsable web of connected things. Maybe like with a bookmarking or annotation system. I think it could be super neat. Still a bit of a hand-wavy idea, but I want to build it, or someone else to build it.
I do think the search box is a bit limiting.