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[–] BlackAura@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that's the internet archive which takes snapshots of websites.

You're looking at the website x.com waaaay back in 1997, where they said they aren't nearly the worst website on the internet. As opposed to now, where it is a cesspool of toxicity.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What was x.com back then? Porn?

[–] Metz@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

x.com was PayPal before it got renamed and then the donain was unused until the twitter fiasko.

[–] drrodneymckay_@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

it was one of the first online only banks back around 2000

[–] crypto@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

It was not nearly the worst place on the web!!!