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I'd go back even further and say Napster was the original social net. You had to kill time somehow while downloading MP3's slowly. Might as well chat with folks
by IntelMiner 2y ago
I'd go back even further and say Napster was the original social net. You had to kill time somehow while downloading MP3's slowly. Might as well chat with folks who like the same music you did!
- romwell 2y agoNapster? There were online chatrooms before that. And forums before that. And newsgroups. And BBS. And FIDO. The net was social before web even existed.
- deafpolygon 2y agoWhat about AOL Online? That predates Napster by a good number of years.
- simonjgreen 2y agoAOL, Compuserve, BBSs, just about everything online prior to 2000 was oriented around social glue.
- worthless-trash 2y agoI have a funny story with napster chat feature. I was downloading some music from a specific user, they seemed to be the only person who had it, so it was a very slow download. Below is the conversation Me: I'm glad you have that version of the X (I can't remember what it was), I couldn't find it anywhere else. Them: You know that by downloading you are stealing music right ? Me: Well, I have the original album, but I can't find that version of it, not even to purchase. Them: It doesn't matter. <minutes later, i see someone downloading the same song from my machine, i notice its 'Them'> Me: hey, you're downloading the song from me, why ? Them: I'm stealing it back from you.
- fragmede 2y agoI remember reading that on bash.org
- worthless-trash 2y agoI think i posted this it to a few different sites. I am that old.
- davedx 2y agomIRC bro