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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Xylight@mastodon.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

@fediverse posting this from mastodon. It's amazing if this works!

Edit: it worked! Showed up in my Lemmy feed.

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[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 117 points 1 year ago

I wonder if the first days of SMTP were like this—people sending emails to each other in amazement that messages could reach people on other servers.

[-] Captain_Jimmy_T_Kirk@lemmy.ml 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I remember the early days of instant messaging where people would just jump in a chatroom and ask where others were from, then sit there in awe. "HONEY, I'm talking to someone from Ireland! HONEY! Come look!"

[-] acupofcoffee@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

a/s/l - the classic first message from anyone in 2001.

Interesting times we’re are coming to, folks!

[-] TheRealBob@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I was on usenet in the 90s. It was WILD. I remember trying to explain it to my mom, and she just didn’t quite grasp it. When I told her I was talking to someone from Germany, she asked if she was gonna have to pay for that, because it was long distance. Bless her heart.

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