In the past, however, economic and technological circumstances limited one's audience--it's expensive and troublesome for people to print and distribute large numbers of copies of their writings, and it's tough to get a manuscript accepted by a large media outlet. Someone desiring to create a webpage has to know how to write code and have it hosted somewhere.
但是過去由於經濟與技術條件的限制，大部分的人都無法如願以償：要廣泛印行自己寫的著作，成本高又麻煩；想投稿到大眾媒體上闡述己見，談何容易；欲製作個人網頁，還得明白寫網站的程式語法，及租借網路空間的方式。