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[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 39 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Tim’s intention with the web was information sharing. He wanted a way for academics to share their work with other academics. He identified a problem at his time at CERN, and proposed a solution.

Then corporations were quick on capitalizing on this idea.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes sorry I was being sarcastic.

I think it’s a tragedy we’ve lost individual websites and services, and the modern web is dying.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago

I think it’s a tragedy we’ve lost individual websites and services

They felt so alive. Back then like a sun and now like a candle.

Sometimes in the Web Archive or some forgotten but still running amateur hosting, or in Neocities you can see those old pages, they feel like visiting someone's home, frozen in time since 2003.