I'm not quite sure about the first times on the internet, but it was probably whatever search engine my uncle had setup on his dial-up ISP on Netscape Navigator (probably Lycos given the timing). Once my parents got our own brand new Packard Bell Windows 95 machine, most of my internet time was spent exploring my hobbies at the time. There were two core places where I spent a significant amount of time: one a Magic the Gathering hub on AOL's Message boards, where we played online matches against each other. And another forum that played Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition in AOL Chat rooms.
The internet was just this mystical place where you could meet anybody, and do anything. But noone really knew what the rules were. Somehow in those early days we made due with 5 hours of internet a month for the whole account.
Glad to be on Snapzu now, although I'm only recently joining. Feels like the early days of Reddit did before it got too popular (although less technology based), and it seems like there's enough people on here now to help continue the momentum of a small growing community.
I'm not quite sure about the first times on the internet, but it was probably whatever search engine my uncle had setup on his dial-up ISP on Netscape Navigator (probably Lycos given the timing). Once my parents got our own brand new Packard Bell Windows 95 machine, most of my internet time was spent exploring my hobbies at the time. There were two core places where I spent a significant amount of time: one a Magic the Gathering hub on AOL's Message boards, where we played online matches against each other. And another forum that played Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition in AOL Chat rooms.
The internet was just this mystical place where you could meet anybody, and do anything. But noone really knew what the rules were. Somehow in those early days we made due with 5 hours of internet a month for the whole account.
Glad to be on Snapzu now, although I'm only recently joining. Feels like the early days of Reddit did before it got too popular (although less technology based), and it seems like there's enough people on here now to help continue the momentum of a small growing community.