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0 pointsJPws_Prntr_Fngr2y ago0 comments

It would exist as we knew it back in the 90s / early 00s. It would consist of Wikipedia, McMaster Carr, BBS forums, and weird guys' hobby blogs. It would be one million percent better.

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jklinger4102y ago

Webrings, the original Web 1.0 that many gush about on this site, were partially designed to farm adsense revenue.

AOL started putting ads on your dashboard less than 2 years after it launched.

There wasn't a very long period of ad-free internet.

actionfromafar2y ago

Static banner ads with no (user) tracking aint such a bad thing IMHO.

I wonder how this could be implemented at a technical level. How do you avoid gaming the system?

xarope2y ago

tongue in cheek, I don't remember any ads in gopher sites, back in the days.

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