What do you think of Web Rings? Do they serve the purpose intended?

In my humble opinion, most don't. I subscribe to a few of those mysterious rings. The purpose is to find the sites I am most interested in, and of course to get people to find my sites. I surf the rings in hopes of finding an interesting subject. I then study, read, learn, or enjoy a few laughs.

But alas! Lately, all I get is page after page of "My Web Rings"

I grow tired of trying to find the right link to go to their home pages. What is their site about? I don't have a clue, and some won't tell you. Apparently, their site only contains web rings to get you to the next site, that only contains more web rings. In the words of one of my grandsons, Whaz up with that?

Some sites I have visited through a ring have only one page, without a link available to go anywhere except to some sales pitch. Nothing is on the page except ads. What it has to do with this web ring, I can't figure out. Their web ring has also disappeared, so I can