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What's your favorite memory from the early internet? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by 5redie8@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Krapulaolut@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well I'm not an American so I have not used AOL-services.

[–] abc123@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

The nature of chat rooms is the same everywhere, that's why I'm curious how old you are. If you were on the internet in the 80s,when it was just basic message boards and stuff then yeah, people were much more civil because it was a very small community.