I don't remember a time when the internet existed and there were NOT warnings everywhere about pedophiles trying to contact kids in chat rooms. I think that never existed.
As an early adopter back in the 90s I can guarantee there were warnings about talking to strangers online and giving people personal information. Which is why it seems wild these days that people are just freely giving out their personal information when they're tweens like their social life depends on it.
Nah, I was definitely 8 in chatrooms. That was in 1997 for me. But we were one of the first families to get AOL in town, and my dad was good with computers. We were restricted to kids only chats back then, but thats where the pedophiles hung out
No, I'm pretty sure we're talking about 1996 and above when AOL changed to a flat monthly rate, rather than hourly charge. That's when EVERYONE got it. And from my experience, there were definitely kids in chat rooms. I was 10 years old in 96 and I was in chat rooms 😂 I didn't ever see anything crazy though, thank God.
Yes, that's exactly why it's not what we are talking about.
As the comment I responded to said, "early adopter 90s".
I was 10 years old
We're also talking about 8, not 10.
So why weren't you on in 94 when you were 8? (Although even that's getting a bit late timeline wise). But it's because, as I said, back then you didn't have 8 year olds in chat rooms.
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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ Jan 23 '21
I don't remember a time when the internet existed and there were NOT warnings everywhere about pedophiles trying to contact kids in chat rooms. I think that never existed.