what was your first social network?

(plz boost for sample size)

bbs/fidonet
24%
usenet/mailing lists
22.3%
irc
24.3%
myspace
14.4%
fb/tw/ig & later
15%
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@randomdent I put Myspace, but it was probably really ICQ. Apparently it's still going!? 🤯

@greg_harvey @randomdent Is it really!?

I still know my ICQ #

@randomdent @greg_harvey @grahamsz I was alive for BBS and maybe posted a few things but I feel like that shouldn’t count.

Perhaps that’s why ICQ excluded? I remember it being more of a Messenger and not a Network.

What’s the difference?

A network allows for people to create and share content publicly within the network. 🤔

@llbbl @randomdent @greg_harvey Yeah I'd tend to agree. I'm still friends with a few people I met on IRC a quarter century ago :)