One thing I miss from the early days of the Internet is the phenomenon of the 'Links Page', where the website owner would have a simple list of links to other pages and resources that they liked or were interested in.
I understand that the modern web is about 'communities' that look inward and support each other, but listing resources for users without inside community knowledge, or people who are learning about your community or culture.
@prismatic7 See also: blog rolls and pingbacks, which everybody was super into from 2003ish until 2009ish and then collectively forgot about.