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In response to "Walt...AOL users didn't seem to be that well liked on TT at the time either :)" by Stephen

If I recall the Internet sentiment at the time, it was that AOL was where the masses went.

Posted by ty97 Apr 23 '09, 19:51

People with better knowledge of how to use the Internet eschewed AOL.

At least, that was the belief presented at the time.

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Yes, there did seem to be a certain sense of elitism if you weren't an AOL user. -- nm - Stephen Apr 23, 20:27 1
- Absolutely. A friend of mine and I programmed several levels of Doom (the original) using the floorplans of AOL headquarters. - ReluctantCynic Apr 23, 20:30
there was a lot of wailing that the stupid people were ruining the Internet. sort of like Twitter now. -- nm - loosilu Apr 23, 19:52 11
- Have you seen Facebook? The stupid people did ruin the Internet. - ty97 Apr 23, 19:53 10
  - the internet is what you make of it, it is great than AOL, or twitter, or Facebook. Explore it, it is an adventure :) -- nm - Stacy Apr 23, 20:22 1
    - *greater than* -- nm - Stacy Apr 23, 20:23
  - they ruined it 15 years ago. -- nm - loosilu Apr 23, 19:54 7
    - Much like "the neighborhood" and "society", it merely lingers in a constant state of near-ruination. ;-) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 19:54 6
      - /b/ was never good. -- nm - Qale Apr 23, 19:56 5
        
        ::checks punctuation carefully:: -- nm - b! Apr 23, 20:59
        
        Kids today! -- nm - loosilu Apr 23, 19:57
        
        ... so by definition it could never be ruined? that's an interesting paradox. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 19:56 2
        
        if it was never good, wouldn't making it good ruin it? -- nm - ty97 Apr 23, 19:57 1
        
        but it has never teetered on the edge of being good ... so it's still a paradox. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 23, 20:01

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If I recall the Internet sentiment at the time, it was that AOL was where the masses went.

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