What Is This New Fangled Web-Thing?

Aaaahhh, 1994. When many computer users were, for the first time, encountering the WWW. This exchange is from a media fandom mailing list

Person A: "Here are some b7 world wide web sites: http://hawks.ha.md.us/blake7/index.html

Person B (talking about using FTP to access the site - this is how most fans accessed files on other computers back then):
"I tried logging on to it using anonymous as login name, but it won't  accept it. Any suggestions on how to get into the site?"

Person A:"This is not an ftp site, but a world wide web site. To 'get into' it, you will need a web browser, such as mosaic or lynx (sp?). I suggest you talk to your sysop, and ask if there are any on your machine."

Yes Sir, We'll Get Right On That (Online FanFic In 1995)

This time the year is 1995 and a fan on a fandom mailing list asks a very reasonable question:
"Why in the world aren't there online fanfic zines? If the writers aren't doing it for the money and the editors aren't doing it for the money yet there's still a ton of money being spent, doesn't it make sense to cut the money out of the equation? Sure, not everyone has Web access but as a general rule it's becoming easier by the day to get some sort of connectivity that connectivity that would get you the goods, so to speak."

The good news is  that 1995 is the year that a X-Files fanfic archive appeared with many more fandoms soon to follow.