"Twenty-one years ago, the internet looked vastly different. Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter did not yet exist. Only one in four Americans had access to high-speed internet, so for most people, downloading pictures or their favorite music took a considerable amount of time. Since inventors had not yet created smartphones, users surfed the net as a stationary activity."
"Although many blogs appeared on the net, most lasted only a short time before the number of posts faded and bloggers eventually shut them down or abandoned them. Only a few achieved consistent notability. One of them was the TaxProf blog, which Paul Caron - the current dean of Pepperdine Caruso School of Law - ran. While the blog catered to the tax and law school community, it stood out for its consistent release of relevant news alongside the occasional personal or religious post."
Twenty-one years ago the internet lacked social media and widespread high-speed access; downloads were slow and smartphones did not exist, so web use was stationary. Blogs served as major information sources across many topics, with social and political commentary rare. Most blogs were short-lived, but a few attained lasting prominence, including the TaxProf blog run by Paul Caron, known for timely tax and law-school news plus occasional personal or religious posts. Caron announced the blog will end after 21 years and 55,780 posts because the hosting platform will discontinue all blogs on September 30. A reader recounts discovering the blog as a tax LLM student; the account ends mid-sentence about graduation requirements.
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