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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by dpark on Friday October 06, 2017 @12:20PM (#15417989)
In 1999 people didn’t know what email was? How old were these people? Honest question. I’m extremely surprised by this claim.
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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by mywittyname on Friday October 06, 2017 @12:35PM (#15418115)
You've Got Mail came out in 1998 and it was a box office hit.

People knew what email was for several years before that.

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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by reaperducer on Friday October 06, 2017 @02:20PM (#15419038)
But "You've Got Mail" wasn't about e-mail. It was about AOL.

Remember it took years for people to realize that there was more out there than just AOL.

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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by reaperducer on Friday October 06, 2017 @02:19PM (#15419030)
This was a group of about 30 people in their 20's and 30's, with maybe five or so in their 40's.

Average, every-day retail workers mostly. In a mid-sized city.

I know the date is right because I only lived there one year.

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