The real "we lost this thing as millennials in a post-90s society* is the absence of instant messaging apps like AOL Instant Messenger
There's nothing quite like having to wait for someone you want to talk to, to actually come online, rather than having 24/7 access to them
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@cmdr_nova@mkultra.monster · Mar 22, 2025 · 11:27 PM
Part of that has to do with broadband internet and dial-up dying in most places. Because you typically wouldn't be "online" anywhere until you dialed into your internet provider, and then AIM boots up and your friends hear the little door sound
@cmdr_nova@mkultra.monster · Mar 22, 2025 · 11:27 PM
youtu.be/tpqvpXiGUAY?...
@cmdr_nova@mkultra.monster · Mar 22, 2025 · 11:29 PM
Hearing only this sound takes me back to chatrooms, The Sims 1, "You've got mail!", internet forums, Geocities, etc.
But hey, you can still get your forum dripfeed on one of my fave community websites, Melonland
forum.melonland.net
