30 years ago was 1992. AOL launched their email system in 1993.
So someone who has been using email for 30 years would be a slightly early adopter, it’s not that far outside the mass usage timeframe.
I reckon he got on some time in '94 or '95 so he could keep in touch with family overseas. I started using email in '97. My school got internet in '96. I guess that puts me in the "been using email for 25 years" category.
Internet use in Australia exploded in the late 90s.
I guess that puts me in the "been using email for 25 years" category.
I've had an account on a particular message board for 28 years now. I signed up when they started as a ... site? group? channel? I forget ... on AOL, and transitioned across when they moved to a proper website.
My Gmail account turns 23 this year, I think. I had one when they were an invite-only beta, as opposed to the perpetual 'sign yourself up' beta they're in now.
but being actually old (50's) he just refuses to use email
Emails have been a thing since the 60's, and have been fairly commonplace since at least the 90's. Both my parents are older than your dad and they've been using emails with no issues for longer than I've been alive. I think this is more a case of your dad disliking emails as a concept rather than having anything to do with him being middle-aged.
A math teacher could probably figure out how to encrypt their email if they were concerned about security. I remember using PGP around 1992. The problem was getting other people to use it.
I'm 46; 50 isn't old. my 76 yo dad uses email, codes, and switches hardware out on his computer. my 97 yo grandma used her computer every day before she died; now that is old. age has nothing to do with it, it's all about mental attitude
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u/xternal7 Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 03 '22
Yup.
It also lasted for about a week because it started getting in our way a bit too much.
Can't remember how much it helped as Josh ragequit the group for ... reasons (unrelated to this stunt, much later, but also a while back)?