I guess for me it was how people developed sites because they were passionate about the topic, not because there was a chance to become a millionaire off of it. You had lots of fan sites and technical resources about every random subject under the sun, often without any ads or begging at all. Just random people sharing what they were interested in with the rest of the world.
Now that's mostly gone away. Wikis have some of this spirit left, but most other sites seem to be corporate affairs designed to make a buck first and foremost and teach people anything second. Everything's now seemingly about the 'hustle' and trying to become rich as quickly as possible.
It's one of the reasons I still have an interest in fan games and video game mods. Because they're some of the only communities where just about everyone makes what they do for fun, and where the untested legal situation means monetisation is basically impossible.
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I guess for me it was how people developed sites because they were passionate about the topic, not because there was a chance to become a millionaire off of it. You had lots of fan sites and technical resources about every random subject under the sun, often without any ads or begging at all. Just random people sharing what they were interested in with the rest of the world.
Now that's mostly gone away. Wikis have some of this spirit left, but most other sites seem to be corporate affairs designed to make a buck first and foremost and teach people anything second. Everything's now seemingly about the 'hustle' and trying to become rich as quickly as possible.
It's one of the reasons I still have an interest in fan games and video game mods. Because they're some of the only communities where just about everyone makes what they do for fun, and where the untested legal situation means monetisation is basically impossible.