In the dark ages of the internet, friends formed secluded networks of websites that linked to eachother in a ring. These often served a social or educational purpose.
In a world of infinite AI generated content you will never starve but you also will never have the pleasure of experiencing a fulfilling meal. Webrings are an opposition to the modern web, a revolution against the corperations that sell our data by the billions just to show us AI generated advertisements of something we will never buy. All to fuel a dying system that requires infinite neverending growth at the cost of everything else.