For anyone who might be interested, Curlie mentioned above as a DMOZ successor is having something of a crisis:
Unfortunately, we have some serious concerns about our ability to keep Curlie running.
So, in addition to conversations in the forum, we're going to hold a meeting this Saturday, Apr 29, 2023 at 12pm New York (6pm Paris) to discuss our options.
As it stands, there are essentially three main concerns:
not enough editors to keep the site up to date
not enough technical support to innovate and draw traffic
not enough money to cover expenses
We'd very much like your participation this Saturday to see if we can address all of these concerns.
For anyone who might be interested, Curlie mentioned above as a DMOZ successor is having something of a crisis:
Ironically, you can't read the forum topic if your account's marked inactive, which may hint at part of the problem.