@blogdiva there has been mention of bbses here -- started in on those in 1983-4, so i guess if we are counting that, it would be ~43 years. 😭

but what i would truly count as internet would have been around 1986-7 when i was using mts(!) and usenet, etc. i think i still have some email around from 1988 approx when i got onto proper un*x system.

I like that as a sub-question:

What’s the oldest email or post you still have privately? The oldest that can still be found on the searchable internet?

@Mumonkan @blogdiva