r/LinkedLibraryOfBabel

884 archived posts · Jul 2011 – Aug 2026

The Library of Babel, Updated for the Hyperlinked Age

A place to post hyperlinks to your finding's from the far corners of the Internet's nooks and cranny's. Our sister sub is /r/LibraryofBabel where we store the text we find rummaging through the dusty shelves, from within our minds or otherwise.

Created Jun 28, 2011

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This is an experiment with letters and images and sound. A museum for the intermix of the written word and the audiovisual world -- through hyperlinks.

For a greater understanding of the purpose of the original /r/LibraryOfBabel you can read The Library of Babel by J. L. Borges.

In essence, this is a futile attempt to recreate a futuristic Internet Library in it's infinity. A place where all text and image and sound is possible.

Anything that you write here will be Truth.

The title of the post does not have to have anything to do with what is inside.

Multiple hyperlinks are encouraged. To know how to hyperlink in reddit, read reddit's formatting guideline.

Hyperlinks to Youtube.com videos with a low view-count and to Imgur.com are recommended. Don't hyperlink to content that may go down later.

Crossposts spruced up with hyperlinks encouraged.

Comment with whatever you're thinking, but try to be meaningful. Infinity is not just random, there's also Shakespeare in it.

Post random strings of letters, copy and paste from around the internet, write as if it's your diary; link to little known Youtube videos, crazy conspiracy theories websites, or quirky images you find -- try to make the link give a deeper meaning to the text. You can be as serious or offensive as you want. However you choose to approach this experiment will be the correct way.

For help getting started, you can see these examples:
"BabelLeaks - The Ronald McDonald File"
"Keegan's Bad Seed - Songs 1/9 to 4/9"
"Keegan's Bad Seed - Songs 5/9 to 9/9 + PRIEST ABATTOIR"
"Prelude to a suicide."

These are suggestions, be creative.

Friendly Libraries:
/r/LibraryOfBabel
/r/DADA
/r/writing
/r/BibliotecaDeBabel

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