I was there, AOL was certainly not the internet. It's an interesting article but it seems to cherry pick a bit. AOL was like a huge BBS that gave its users a l

I was there, AOL was certainly not the internet. It's an interesting article but it seems to cherry pick a bit. AOL was like a huge BBS that gave its users a limited portal into the internet, and only on a very limited basis starting in 1993. They never really had proper access as far as I know, and for those of us not accessing through AOL things worked perfectly fine and I never accessed anything through or hosted by AOL. I'm not really sure how to convince you in the end, but it's funny now hearing my own experience was only a legend. I feel like I've achieved something and need a plaque indicating I've successfully moved into some new life phase.