I do not understand the downvotes here. "It was obvious to everyone watching that the technology was going to change everything": how to disagree?

Yea, I'm afraid that's not so. In 1993, I was running a WildCat BBS and I was way more hyped about that and it's RIP graphics, lol. The only way I could get on the internet at all was through other peoples university accounts, which required dial-up, Trumpet Winsock, and PPP. It was a chore to get running and was very slow on the 14.4k (and slower) modems of the day. 56k modems weren't introduced until the late 90s. So yea, between 90 and 95 other technologies seemed more appealing like BBSs, Gopher and places like "The Well", at least to me.

I think you misremember. I was definitely on the net and the web with a 14.4k modem. It was not that useful. The web was a pretty small part of the net iirc until the mid-90s. I preferred IRC channels and BBSes then since I was very young and didn't have the patience for most websites to load and I couldn't instantly join the "conversation" like I could with a BBS or an IRC channel.