Me too. In many ways, money basically ruined it. It happens everywhere where builders get replaced by businessmen.

Don't get me wrong - I appreciate what money did here. But I also hate that most of the Internet is now flooded with ads, SEO, "entrepreneurs" seeking ways to make a quick buck and startups monetizing the most basic aspects of human interaction.

It’s funny that you say this on a website aimed at people who do exactly that. Make a quick bucks by monetizing the most simple things.

You know, I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. In a lot of ways, the internet was an anarchist society for some time. Then some people took advantage of it, used anarcho-capitalism to get insane profits and violate any normal laws, and nowadays, it’s a bit regulated, but still anarcho-capitalist.

The anti-spam measure re-captcha is effectively everyone giving Google training data for their neural networks.

Maybe it would have been better if everything on the web was GPL. Maybe it wouldn’t. Who knows.

But obviously, this should be a sign for entrepreneurs that maybe, just maybe, your users might be more important than profits.

It wasn't money that ruined it, it was business people, marketing people and advertising people. As always, they're the ones that ruin everything.

Let's build a new one.