Fixed it … The image url appears to have overwritten the actual URL when I posted
Comment on AOL Pretends to be the Internet - The History of the Web
palitu@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Is that it? No article?
videodrome@lemmy.capebreton.social 1 year ago
mPony@kbin.social 1 year ago
yeah they should at least mention how allowing America to easily get Online caused a dramatic downturn in the quality of online discussion at the time.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 year ago
only if you visited those places. no aol users were jumpin to usenet or irc
mPony@kbin.social 1 year ago
au contraire, mon frere. There were plenty of AOL users on Usenet, stinking up the place.
PeutMieuxFaire@kbin.social 1 year ago
Would that be what is referred to as Eternal September? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
I discovered it only a few weeks ago and I am sad to say that 1994-1995 was when I went online for the first time. With an AOL "Free 20 hours access". I undoubtedly contributed to degrade the quality of discussions, not mentioning choking several dial-accesses with the freakinig 50x50 pixels pictures I uploaded on my very first homepage.
Sorry, I'm so sorry…
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That was Usenet, IRC and BBSs didn’t integrate into AOL iirc unless AOL added support for them later, you had to dial into them specifically