Aim: With AIM and CompuServe's end, today is the day the old-school net died

I knew that both AOL Instant Messenger and CompuServe's forums-both part of AOL, which is part of Oath, which rolls up into Verizon-were going away. But I missed the fact that the actual day of closure for both venerable institutions is today. Which might be a coincidence, but feels like it makes December 15, 2017, ...Continue reading "With AIM and CompuServe's end, today is the day the old-school net died"I knew that both AOL Instant Messenger and CompuServe's forums-both part of AOL, which is part of Oath, which rolls up into Verizon-were going away. But I missed the fact that the actual day of closure for both venerable institutions is today. Which might be a coincidence, but feels like it makes December 15, 2017, the official termination date for a certaim form of online community, which got its start in the 1980s and has been degrading for years.Read Full Story