AOL Pretends to Be the Internet
AOL Pretends to Be the Internet
thehistoryoftheweb.com AOL Pretends to be the Internet - The History of the Web
In 1994, Ted Leonsis was the head of the new media marketing firm he created, Redgate Communications, spun out six […]
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When AOL first enabled UseNet (newsgroups) they had a bug that posted multiple times. Additionally, AOL users weren't versed in internet etiquette so they would shout (all caps). AOL users were soon seen as the universal noobs . This more and more turned AOL into "old people" internet... like how you probably think of Facebook today.