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Originally Posted by thinkx
yeah i used it to chat too, the feeling the first time i chatted with a girl in the US and got reply back in like one hour, it was amazing. Times sure changed.
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That they have for sure.
The amount of material out there. The ability to find people locally. All the niches, and technology. Just the overall use and application. I remember it was more a 'for fun' thing back then. Instead of reading a book, you would log on for a chat, dink around, or m.u.d.d.. I remember early on, I would use it mainly for fantasy baseball and football. Something to pass the time.
Yep. The times have changed so much. I remember back in the late 90's when the net changed to the 'pay to play' type of format. Before then you could have enourmous sites, free bandwidth, hotlinking up the yingyang, and it seemed like everyone had a website!
Now it's more the corporate pushing their way in, and things have changed in the past 5-10 years. But when I think back to the old text, BBS, m.u.d.d.'s, and having to know DOS for any number of things just to keep a computer working... brings a tear to me eye.
