Taurean @taurean.bryant.land · 19/02/2026Can yall share your stories for your *very* first introduction to what the internet was? I'd love to hear how you wrestled with the idea of going to intangible spaces. replies or quotes would be great, I'll add mine later. 7113
Kenneth @ken.cv · 20/02/2026The internet introduction was just like another app. Iirc Msn.com would open by default on the IE. The real fascination I felt was from seeing a WordArt feature on a desktop running MSDOS or seeing SuperMarioBros for the first time. 110
jamie ☺︎ @jazzyjams.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I think Neopets was my first introduction.. I was still sharing a computer with my brothers at that time and I would've been ~9 years old. We had a Gateway computer and I remember going to the local Gateway store and everything (cow spots for days) 110
Brian LeRoux @brianleroux.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Hah, I was in highschool, 1995 or 96, and my reaction was "pffft this is way slower than a BBS" 140
Amyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026eworld, believe it or not. it was awesome. i loved being able to chat with people… i must've been 9 or 10. and eworld made an effort to make it seem like a "place" more than aol did. it kind of felt like using a game but there were other "players" there. 020
Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 19/02/2026High school library, like 95 or 96. I don't remember it feeling strange or intangible (maybe bulletin boards prepped me)? All I remember was thinking oh cool I can get guitar tabs on here. 030
