I remember this! The ISP we had while I was growing up let you host plain html web pages, it was probably my first experience setting up my own web site.
I feel like ISPs really dropped the ball, I could see a parallel reality where ISPs ended up continuing this but developing into being a federated (at the ISP level) social network where you'd have an account with your ISP and they'd in turn work with other ISPs behind the scenes to connect everything. It'd have the benefits that come with cebtralization along with a few of the benefits of decentralization.
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I remember this! The ISP we had while I was growing up let you host plain html web pages, it was probably my first experience setting up my own web site.
I feel like ISPs really dropped the ball, I could see a parallel reality where ISPs ended up continuing this but developing into being a federated (at the ISP level) social network where you'd have an account with your ISP and they'd in turn work with other ISPs behind the scenes to connect everything. It'd have the benefits that come with cebtralization along with a few of the benefits of decentralization.