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Re:What hacking AOL taught a generation of programmers by bdr on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @12:19PM (#31004698)
Instead of /list, I remember the bots advertising with ASCII decorations like this:

_,-^-,_,-^-,_,-^ Enter 33 for /\/\ /\/\ ^-,_,-^-,_,-^-,_,-^-,_

(You'd type "33" in the chat to get a Mass Mail in your inbox.)

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Re:What hacking AOL taught a generation of programmers by bdr on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:02PM (#31008190)
Fixed formatting

  _,-*^*-,_,-*^*-,_,-*^ Enter 33 for /\/\ /\/\ ^*-,_,-*^*-,_,-*^*-,_,-*^*-,_
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Re:What hacking AOL taught a generation of programmers by notadev on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @03:36PM (#31007296)
The MMers allowed you to specify chat commands, but the default was usually /list or /listme
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