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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by dalfonso on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:50AM (#15417192)
AOL/AIM profiles were my first exposure to HTML. “What’s the code for that shade of neon green? How do I get that super cool Copperplate font on my profile?”

RIP AIM

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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by geeksunny on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:58AM (#15417265)
The "Subprofile" craze is what drove my exploration of PHP/MySQL back in high school. Everything about that Buddy4U site gave me that spiteful feeling of "I can do that, and better!"
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