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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by NeedMoreTea on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @03:26PM (#19039067)
There's been a real qualitative change too. It was October 27th, 1994, and it was Wired's fault. The same year those bottom feeding lawyers decided to bombard Usenet with their green card spam. The first banner advertiser was AT&T:

http://thefirstbannerad.com/

Less room for fun, more room for tracking and click through rates.

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Re:Why isn't the internet more fun and weird? by oska on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @09:10PM (#19041666)
I agree. Push advertising is toxic (and not just on the web).
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