You’re welcome.

ICQ was not a green flower for me. But I don’t remember what it was. I had a four-digit ICQ number. So whatever the symbol was back then. I removed it because people kept bothering me. I guess I was anti-social!

I remember vaguely logging onto Friendster. I most likely didn’t join, not understanding the need.

I do appreciate this article, though. It’s always fun to read people’s various histories of the Internet.

Oh, and first commenter? Text-based Internet was the bestest!! The web really created multiple monsters!

The exciting part of the BBS, watching the picture slowly fill in line by line. Sad, digital strip show where you get to the bottom and realize that 7 min of your life was gone. Similar to smoking.

I smoked and downloaded at the same time, made me feel as if I was staring at a girl from across a smokey room. Without the bar tab or restraining order.

This post makes me feel SOOOOO OLD!!!!! I remember all of these. My kids taught me IRC back in the old days.

Great posting THANKS for the memory trip! Almost as good as pong, orb or zot and mario brothers memories.

Seriously though, I think IRC’s still reasonably popular for pirate stuff (and getting access to pirate stuff, yaaaar)!

What about dead technologies though: remember internet TV?