Geocities had a tiny fraction of the users that forums attract these days and was not free for a major portion of its lifetime. All of that, and worth noting s

Geocities had a tiny fraction of the users that forums attract these days and was not free for a major portion of its lifetime. All of that, and worth noting still that Geocities was extremely unique in what it offered when it offered it. It's not a very compelling model for the entire internet, at best it was an experiment that ultimately failed.