There were many functions, I remember an encyclopedia, stock tickers, basically "apps" of a sort. And there were message boards too, which were a free for all.

There were many functions, I remember an encyclopedia, stock tickers, basically "apps" of a sort. And there were message boards too, which were a free for all. But then, so was/is IRC, and newsgroups, and so on. Reddit likely, even now, has far more questionable content.