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minus-squareWilco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNope. That isn’t how it worked. You joined message boards that had lists of web links. There were still search engines, but they were pretty localized. Google was also amazing when their slogan was “don’t be evil” and they meant it.
minus-squarezanyllama52@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI was there. People carried physical notepads with URLs, shared them on BBS’, or other forums. It was wild.
minus-squarei_love_FFT@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere was also “circle banners” of websites that would link to each others… And then off course “stumble upon”…
Nope. That isn’t how it worked. You joined message boards that had lists of web links. There were still search engines, but they were pretty localized. Google was also amazing when their slogan was “don’t be evil” and they meant it.
I was there. People carried physical notepads with URLs, shared them on BBS’, or other forums. It was wild.
There was also “circle banners” of websites that would link to each others… And then off course “stumble upon”…