• magic_lobster_party@kbin.run
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    8 months ago

    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.

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      8 months ago

      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.