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FAQ
A few quiet answers.
What is Webernaut?
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Webernaut is a human-curated guide to interesting websites and web experiences. It brings together playful experiments, strange corners, quiet escapes, useful tools, and ideas worth spending some time with.
What is a Discovery?
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A Discovery is a website or web experience selected for Webernaut. Each one has its own Webernaut page with a short description and editorial context, plus links to related people or organizations when those are available. From there, Visit takes you to the original site.
What is Browse?
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Browse is the structured way to explore Webernaut. You can browse by Category, see everything in Browse All, or start with one of Webernaut’s focused Curated Picks.
What is Recently Visited?
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Recently Visited in My Webernaut remembers Discoveries you visit from Webernaut on this browser. It keeps the most recent 500 distinct visits from the last 6 months. Visiting again updates recency. You can remove one visit or clear them all without an account.
What happened to my Favourites?
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Earlier Favourites remain in a read-only legacy view within Recently Visited, even after visits are removed or expire. They are not protected Saved Websites, are not attached to an account, and new anonymous Favourites can no longer be added.
Where are Recently Visited and legacy Favourites stored?
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Recently Visited and legacy Favourites stay in your browser on the device you’re using. They do not sync between devices and may disappear if you clear your browser data. Clearing Recently Visited within Webernaut leaves legacy Favourites alone.
Do I need an account?
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Browsing and local Recently Visited need no account. Saved Websites, Saved Collections and My Collections require a protected free account and are not available yet, including when signed in.
What does Webernaut track?
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Webernaut uses limited analytics to understand how the site is being used. It does not use that information to build personalized feeds or advertising profiles.
How does privacy work?
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Webernaut is designed to ask as little from you as possible. Browsing needs no account, Recently Visited and legacy Favourites stay in your browser, and Webernaut does not build an advertising profile around you. Websites you visit through Webernaut have their own privacy practices.
Can I share a Discovery or Browse page?
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Yes. Discovery pages have a Share button, and Browse pages have stable URLs you can copy or share normally.
What happens when I click Visit?
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Visit opens the original website in a new tab and records the Discovery in Recently Visited on this browser when local storage is available. From there, you’re visiting an independent website rather than Webernaut.
How are websites selected?
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Every Discovery is chosen by a person. Webernaut looks for websites that are memorable, distinctive, rewarding to visit, and a good fit for the collection. There are no paid placements, and the goal is a thoughtful selection rather than an exhaustive directory.
