John McAfee Developed One of the First Social Networks

Re:John McAfee Developed One of the First Social Networks by naskwo on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @05:08AM (#24916746)

I remember the MS Comic Chat days too :-)

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Re:John McAfee Developed One of the First Social Networks by kqvamxurcagg on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @05:55AM (#24917013)

Was this the same as MSN Messenger? Got a lot of nostalgia from the PowWow UI. In Europe we used MSN Messenger pretty exclusively in the late 90s, early 2000's while ICQ and AOL were more popular in the US.

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Re:John McAfee Developed One of the First Social Networks by efdee on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @06:13AM (#24917113)

Not at all. MS Comic Chat was an IRC client that presented the entire chat as a comic book.

I think it's also where the Comic Sans font originated.

# Appears as XENO.

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Re:John McAfee Developed One of the First Social Networks by Mountain_Skies on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @07:25AM (#24917515)

I thought Comic Sans came from Microsoft Bob but according to Wikipedia, Microsoft Bob was the intended use but the typeface wasn't ready in time so it was first release in Microsoft 3D Movie Maker and then went on to other uses like Comic Chat and the Large Hadron Collider.

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Re:John McAfee Developed One of the First Social Networks by Daniel_sk on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @06:34AM (#24917221)

Not true for entire Europe. ICQ was de facto standard in Czech Republic and Slovakia. No MSN Messanger at all.

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