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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by jaywalk on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @03:16PM (#33167892)
You had to put a link in your profile that contained "%n", and the client would replace %n with the screen name of the person clicking the link. They never took that away as long as I was using AIM, but there was no way to see anyone simply viewing your profile without clicking a link as far as I can remember.
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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by jrootabega on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @05:09PM (#33169295)
Ah that's right. I remember when it was still not widely known you could catch some people, but I think people caught on eventually.
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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by knome on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @08:32PM (#33171150)
Could you have added an <img src="http://tracking.example.com/pixel.gif?name=%n"> to the profile, tracking them via the weblogs, or having a era-appropriate CGI script sitting there that kept track of them?
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Re:I wish my web server were in the corner of my room by jaywalk on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @11:37AM (#33178574)
I'm pretty sure you couldn't embed images in your profile.
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