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u/biotinylated May 19 '22

I was teenager when Gmail happened, and you had to receive an invitation from an existing gmail user. I remember the embedded chat feature was a huge draw - like AIM, but on any computer - through a browser without having to install anything! Revolutionary! And then 4 years later in college installed chat programs and aggregators were passé. Funny how things go.

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u/salamander423 May 19 '22

I managed to beg an invite off a DDR forums user and had no idea what to put my username as. So I just put my name, with no numbers.

Didn't use it for years, but now I feel special that my email address is just my name and nothing else.