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Tim Berners-Lee: Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter (medium.com)

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[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Tim's name is the only one on the original html rfc. He is also a contributor on the httpd rfcs.

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1866

So as far as content creation is concerned, yes he invented it. Html markup made it very easy for non-technical people to easily create their own web pages. That we no longer do that as individuals is the main point he is making. The original intent of the tool has been taken over by marketing and capitalism.

Before his work we communicated and shared via ftp, telnet, usenet, gopher, smtp, and irc.