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   "text": "Per connection pricing by ISPs penalized success: creators whose pages became popular faced charges scaling with traffic, and individuals with popular pages were forced to delete their content.",
   "abstract": "The ISP charged low-volume providers on a per connection basis. If your site suddenly became popular, with thousands of people constantly accessing your content, you had to pay for thousands of long-dis- tance phone calls. Individuals with popular pages were forced to delete their content.",
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   "text": "The current data production market cannot scale or sustain a high-quality text supply because content creators face limited incentives and no direct compensation structures.",
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