--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '2001-01-16T11:15:30' draft: false title: Backwash is a "WebSurfing Community" --- [Backwash](http://www.backwash.com) is a "WebSurfing Community" -- kind of like Yahoo!'s front page, or a large collaborative weblog. I'd never heard of them before [they sent a mess of folks](http://www.backwash.com/toplinks.php3) over to my [Gobbler visit pages](/legacy/weblog/gobbler/intro.html). (If you haven't yet, visit [James Lilek's original Gobbler site](http://www.lileks.com/institute/motel/index.html) first.)