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Little signs made out of punctuation marks called emoticons. >> you were using texts to have a conversation that felt like a face-to-face communication. could you see the start of this new online culture. >> its a technological revelation thats changing the way we do everything from making friends to falling in love. >> he was nice and he never gave me any of the come-on lines. it was always friendly. >> wait, youre telling me guys use pickup lines on a computer? >> uh-huh. >> as the internet gr...

Se. you use your phone line and computer and you get online. >> and compuserve was for the tech savvy people. prodigy was for shopping and aol was the first one that had a vision to get everyone connected. [ computer handshake ] >> when i heard that sound, i cried a little bit because i knew there was a big adventure waiting for me. >> welcome. youve got mail. >> compuserve charged by the minute. it was like a taxicab. aols invention was to forget that and charge $19.95 all you can eat. and that...

Something ambiguous is meant. so the isolated communicators of cyber space have come up with little signs made out of punctuation marks called emoticons. >> you were using texas to have a conversation that felt like a face-to-face communication. you could see the start of this new online culture. >> its a technological revolution thats changing the way we do everything from making friends to falling in love. >> he was nice and he never gave me any of the come on lines. it was always friendly. >>...

I think being able to communicate with just about anyone anywhere. >> one of the things that aol realizes is that america online cant be all 200 plus million people at once. you need little neighborhoods. so chat rooms become internet neighborhoods where people who share interests, create their own little space. >> maybe you click on the chat button up here or go to the people connection, thats what america online calls it. and when you get there, click on a list of rooms to find different categ...

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>> you were using texts to have a conversation that felt like a face-to-face communication. could you see the start of this new online culture. >> its a technological revolution thats changing the way we do everything from making friends to falling in love. >> he was nice and he never gave me any of the come on lines. it was always friendly. >> wait, youre telling me guys use pickup lines on a computer? >> uh-huh. >> as the internet grows, im finding information and want to find love. >> i just ...

About it? i think being able to communicate with just about anyone anywhere. >> one of the things that aol realizes is that america online cant be all 200 plus million people at once. you need little neighborhoods so chat rooms become internet neighborhoods where people who share interests, create their own little space. you can either click on the chat button up here or go to the people connection, thats what america online calls it and when you get here, click on list rooms to find different c...

Little signs made out of punctuation marks called emoticons. >> you were using texas to have a conversation that felt like a face-to-face communication. could you see the start of this new online culture. >> its a technological revelation thats changing the way we do everything from making friends to falling in love. >> he was nice and he never gave me any of the come on lines. it was always friendly. >> wait, youre telling me guys use pickup lines on a computer? >> uh-huh. >> as the internet gr...

>> and compuserve was for the tech savvy people. prodigy was for shopping and aol had a vision to get everyone connected. the first one. >> when i heard that sound, i cried a little bit because i knew there was a big adventure waiting for me. >> welcome. youve got mail. >> compuserve charged by the minute. it was like a taxicab. aols invention was to forget that and charge $19.95 all you can eat. that changed everything because now you could afford to be on the internet all you wanted. >> you di...

Cant be all 200 plus million people at once. you need little neighborhoods so chat rooms become internet neighborhoods where people who share interests, create their own little space. you can either click on the chat button up here or go to the people connection, thats what america online calls it and when you get here, click on list rooms to find different categories of room. >> when i was a kid, i didnt know any other black gay people. the only people i knew why the emotion that i met on ameri...