I remember flashing banners and blink text as a scourge of the early(ish) web. The worst was the “porn storm” which if I remember was a mid aughts feature where one pop up would open up many more. There were stories of teachers getting in trouble for them.

I also miss the early web. I basically grew up along side it so obviously there’s some nostalgia, but I wouldn’t pretend it was all good either. There are links that will be known to millennials (and I’m sure some older generations as well) because they were shared amongst us for their shock value.