Alright people, here’s how to find weird internet history:
• Choose a topic (Skype, digital cash, w/e)
• Google it. Restrict results to pre-2005 or w/e
• Look for articles
• Read em, they’ll mention stuff that died
• Lookup dead stuff on @internetarchive
That’s it
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Most people cannot understand ideas without examples. Mention something you found this way?
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Most of the stuff I tweet, really. As a specific example, I was reading about Skype's history and it mentioned different online dating services that used phone calls or VoIP, mentioning this service:https://twitter.com/backus/status/1056685682695884800 …
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"Online SpeedMatching" — 2004 attempt to build Tinder. Review profiles, view pictures, have a brief phone conversation, vote yes or no for followup contact.
There are so many awkward early 2000s internet products that, in retrospect, had a smartphone app sized hole. pic.twitter.com/IltUAmL8kt
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