RIP Dmoz: The Open Directory Project is closing

The Open Directory Project that uses human editors to organize web sites — is closing. It marks the end of a time when humans, rather than machines, tried to organize the web.

The announcement came via a notice that’s now showing on the home page of the DMOZ site, saying it will close as of March 14, 2017:

From RIP Dmoz: The Open Directory Project is closing