So who has kept the longest online screen name

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lokiju

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I made my Hotmail and AIM accounts around the same time back in '96.

I still use both of them.
 

duragezic

Lifer
Oct 11, 1999
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I only remember ICQ being the only one back then. I was into Quake at the time I used ICQ so that would've been 1996 or 1997. I used to use the account daily up until 4 months ago or so when I realized no one else was ever online anymore (well its sorta been like that for years).

:music: So many years in this game and we still strong
So many haters that we had to prove dead wrong :music:
 

spunkz

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Jul 16, 2003
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14 years for me too. aol was the new hotness

profiles site says member since 5/6/94
 

Eli

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Eli

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Uh, yeah...?

How does that help with finding out how long ago you created your screen name? lol
 

Juno

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Zim Hosein

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Topic Title: So who has kept the longest online screen name
Topic Summary: aim/icq/msn/yahoo/anything else

My on-line screen name has always been by name, regardless of the ISP or the like, do I win SZLiao214? :p
 

rezinn

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I started using ICQ in late 96, I think during christmas break during high school - I remember one of my friends had to move to japan that year and we'd chat on ICQ. My aim account is from september of 97, and I only made it to transfer files to someone who couldn't figure out another way. I didn't actually use it until around 99/00.
 

hellokeith

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95-96 time period for mine. I also setup an email account for a cute Vietnamese girl I went to community college with, and she still has hers. Hers is might be worth some money considering the name and the email service.
 

Eli

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I was with local ISPs in the early days, and didn't bother with hotmail.. so I don't have my old email addresses.

I made my yahoo name when I was 19, so that's 8 years old. ICQ was considerably before that. Is there any way to see when it was made?
 

Juno

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Originally posted by: Eli
I was with local ISPs in the early days, and didn't bother with hotmail.. so I don't have my old email addresses.

I made my yahoo name when I was 19, so that's 8 years old. ICQ was considerably before that. Is there any way to see when it was made?

password reset? :p
 

Leros

Lifer
Jul 11, 2004
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I made my aim screenname back in 7th grade. That would be 2000. I hate it, its really stupid, but its too much hassle to change it.
 

Squisher

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I took mine when I started playing Quake online, so I guess it's been 11 years.