[skeeter2020]

>> Anyone can still do this today

But no-one would ever find it - which might be fine - and that seems like a waste.

>> to expect that much quality content from volunteers to keep flowing.

This is a big change in perspective & expectation. The original web was not volunteers doing work for others, but humans voluntarily doing work to share with others.

[bandrami]

Nobody could find it back in 1994 either! That was part of the fun. You stumbled on a webring or somebody's curated oracle and found a bunch of interesting weird tiny websites.