There was a web before commercialization (and an internet before that) where people published things for free. There are still topics that people are intereste

There was a web before commercialization (and an internet before that) where people published things for free. There are still topics that people are interested in and thoughts that they want to share and discuss. You just don't notice it now because it's all drowned out by ad-financed clickbait and ads themselves being reposted, reblogged, retweeted, etc. You don't even realize that there is a free signal because of the all the commercial noise. People still publish personal blogs, comments, threads in forums, free software, help for other people, articles and data, etc. without getting paid for it.