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What is the OLDEST online account that you currently still own and still use somewhat frequently? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (4 children)

My Hotmail account, which I've had since high school. Oldest email in there is from 2002, but I think I opened it up in 2000.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

same, but yahoo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

All my friends and I used to have Yahoo! email addresses. But for some reason around 2010 almost everyone’s accounts seemed to be getting compromised and sending weird messages around to their contacts… and now I don’t know anyone with a Yahoo!

I never figured out what was going on and why Yahoo in particular seemed so affected by it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

mines for spam too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Same, but my original Hotmail account is long lost. I still have the one I made around 2000 though.

RIP suckitdown@hotmail

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Same. I use mine to log into things that require an email so they can spam you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Same here, made one in 1999, the MSN messenger days were wild.