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That's technology in a nutshell. We moved off of one platform to join another.
If we didn't, we'd still be sending each other messages on AOL and join chatrooms to have discussions.
At least this time around there's no central server that can be shut down killing everything that exists in that platform. Obviously AOL Instant Messenger and many other popular messaging apps from that era suffered from this exact fate.
Haven't thought of AOL in years but recently it's been coming up at random. On a TV show last night somebody's neighbor said "Check your AOL" because they sent an email that morning and the person hadn't replied yet.