💾 **500,000 Users Online — At the SAME TIME!**

A neat piece of early Internet history we picked up for the BitHistory collection!

This original America Online (AOL) plaque commemorates reaching **500,000 simultaneous users on October 27, 1997**

#BitHistory #AOL #AmericaOnline #InternetHistory

Bending Spoons IPO: Inside the $18.4B Tech Firm’s Hiring Machine
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https://nile1.com/bending-spoons-ipo-inside-the-18-4b-tech-firms-hiring-machine/
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#aol #bendingSpoons #eventbrite #evernote #hiringProcess #lucaFerrari #nasdaqIpo #nicolleWasserman #revenuePerEmpl

I've put myself on a pretty heavy msm news boycott since they sanewashed the coup general into office AGAIN, so I was *slightly* heartened when i caught a glimpse of #AOL and #Yahoo home pages - aka essential news sources for middle america - yesterday. Holy shit, EVERY #Trump and #Republican […]

Remember those AOL 1000 free hours CDs? Total horror movie vibes – a girl crawling out of your computer screen. They weren't giving away free internet, they were selling addiction. Get you hooked, then pay up. Classic early internet gambit. #AOL #90sNostalgia #90sTech #Y2K #InternetHistory

Remember those AOL CDs? Trying to connect via phone line felt like fighting a ghost. It was the start of every 2000s horror movie, but America Online's promise of '1,000 free hours' felt less like freedom and more like a trap. #AOL #90sNostalgia #dialup #internet

We had to clip this one immediately. Trying to explain the 90s internet to kids today is an absolutely wild ride. Honestly, getting a random disc in the mail promising "1,000 free hours" of America Online doesBe honest—how many of those AOL discs did your family hoard in the computer desk?
#AOL

Candy Time
Sep 1999
Archived Web Page
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#aol #1999 #halloween

My streaming schedule for October! Join my Discord to get more accurate updates: https://discord.gg/RaPpg8ZPh #twitch #drawstream #livestreaming #stardewvalley #angrycheffarmerchallenge #thesims4 #decadesofberrieschallenge #legendofzelda #AoL

House on Ghost Hill
Sep 1998
Archived Web Page
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#aol #1998 #halloween

AOL 3.0’s Computing and Software Center (thanks to the P30L project!)

#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech #AOL

AOL 1.3 for DOS (GeoWorks)

#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech #AOL

Thanks for all this #AOL but the garbage isn’t collected until Thursday - so take your f*cking trash with you.

AOL Support for Sesame Street Promo
Recorded September 11, 2002 on PBS/WEAO 49 in Akron, OH
#AmericaOnline #AOL #Commercial #Learning #Education #SesameStreet #PBS

AOL Keyword: Internet

#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech #AOL

Is it possible to set AOL news to actual news and not shite? #AOL

#February13 #FWakeYear1995 #FWakeY1995
#AOL #AmericaOnLine #FWakeAOL
#MediaEcologyOpera #FWakeMillaJovovich
#FWake19950213 #Year1995
#SocialMedia #SocialMediaSociety

Milla Jovovich answers fans questions. Online chat on AOL
February 13, 1995

#RFP44 www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolC...

AOL 3.0’s What’s New screen (thanks to the P30L project)

#RetroTech #90sComputing #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #1990sTech #AOL