Facebook. I thought it was an email service back then.
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You're right about that. It worked in tandem alongwith yahoo mail and hotmail. My first email accounts were in these websites back then 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
Not a social media user back then, my first account was either in a forum or in roblox [2016 roblox 😔].
Both is lost.
I messaged my friends using Whatsapp, my mom's account
What's app came in later, after apps got developed for mobile phones. Actually l grew up seeing pagers in people's pocket. They were fairly well to do people according to our social standards.
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A guy at my highschool had set up his own website, forum, and email. A handful of people were active on there. It was a simpler time.
Also I used those AOL chat rooms before that. So many pedophiles on there looking for children. It got tiresome because I was just looking for kids my age to talk with.
A simpler time ??😃😃😃 When was it ??🤔🤔🤔