If you were going to start a webring, what would your criteria for acceptance/inclusion/interest be?

I got thinking about this because I've been vaguely wandering the net for the past two days, looking for a ring (or two, or three) to join. I don't just join willy-nilly, though. I need it to be something that I feel a connection with. Something that defines me. Something that makes me... well, makes me want to join. And not just the requirements and theme and things, but the name as well. I hate these poncy, flouncy, airy-fairy names. At the same time, I'm very picky about the technical details. I want to be able to surf the ring easily, for all the pages to have the code up and working. For all the pages to be good; sites I want to be linked to.

I mean, there are some rings you just join. Like the dotcom ring. Like the webloggers ring. But for the rest, I'm the pickiest eater alive.

Of course, the temptation when you can't find a ring exactly right is to make one. But then it's exactly right for you, and no one else. So now I am pondering the ultimate challenge. To make a ring that is exactly right for those you want it to be exactly right for.

This bears thinking about. I am long past the age where I rushed into anything and everything. (As a side note, the first webring I ever created in a fit of pique - Bared - is still running very strong. This gives me something of a nice, warm feeling.) Maybe I will begin something. But it needs to simmer a little first.