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AOL Pretends to Be the Internet (thehistoryoftheweb.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Do you think an AOL 1.0 floppy is worth anything?

[โ€“] Nulubez 2 points 1 year ago

When AOL first enabled UseNet (newsgroups) they had a bug that posted multiple times. Additionally, AOL users weren't versed in internet etiquette so they would shout (all caps). AOL users were soon seen as the universal noobs . This more and more turned AOL into "old people" internet... like how you probably think of Facebook today.