Our first assignment.

At the end of our second week we needed to turn in a 4-5 page paper that talked about the history of social media. Here's an excerpt from my paper:

It was a sound we can all relate to, the loud humming and crackling of the AOL internet dial-up system. I was in seventh grade, an only child with parents who worked long hours. I would race home and eagerly turn on the computer to hear that sound; a sound that connected me to an outside world, a world where I felt like I was a part of a group. My go-to online hangout was a chat room through the ever popular 90’s boy group Dru Hill’s website; my screen name was the name of my favorite song at the time, Lie Detector by Mya. A “beep” followed by the words, “lie_detector has entered the chat room” and I was in. I was immediately greeted by my online friends, “LIEEEEEEEEE”, “Hey LIE”, “What’s up LIE” and so began my early stages of social media interaction.  

What do you remember about using AOL in its "You've Got Mail" hay-day?