I've been in technology long enough that I've learned that when I see some random person I don't know claim that something was "the first" it usually was no hig

I've been in technology long enough that I've learned that when I see some random person I don't know claim that something was "the first" it usually was no higher than like the 4th. And if someone says "one of the first" it usually means like the 13th or 29th or so. But yeah, I'll let this one pass as possibly legit for certain narrow definitions. :) Meanwhile, back in the 80's we had BBSes and later Usenet and we had user profiles, notifications (only while logged-in, only some BBS instances), chat and topic/interested-based discussion groups, and file sharing. Shocking I know. Yes with simple to no graphics. Yes with slow speeds. Yes with weak computers. But we had it. And one positive it was mostly academics and techies in the community, so the minimum quality bar in terms of intelligence and education was fairly high. I'll be back on my old man porch.