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AOL Pretends to be the Internet - The History of the Web (thehistoryoftheweb.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.capebreton.social/post/497698

In 1994, Ted Leonsis was the head of the new media marketing firm he created, Redgate Communications, spun out six years earlier from a CD-ROM based computer shopping business. Redgate dealed in digital media—sometimes called new media—new territory in the marketing world. And he was pretty good at it. That year, he went out to lunch with one his investment bankers, Dan Case. Case mentioned that his brother Steve was working at a small internet company looking to bring internet services to the mainstream. They had only just finished rebranding to a new name, with a new purpose, America Online.

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To be honest, if I could go back in time for a day or two. I would go back to 1994 and find a nice cozy internet Cafe to log into AOL and chat with my friends. The interface is super dated for today's standards but I miss it so much. I still use their sound notifications on my phone

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I miss AIM, met some really rad people from all over on there

[–] wjrii@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

The interface is super dated for today’s standards but I miss it so much.

I still remember "AOL for DOS," which was really just the core functionality of the Windows alternative "GEOS," nerfed to only allow the AOL app to run. Teenage me had a guild on Neverwinter Nights and everything. Topped out at 8 people, IIRC.