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Ask HN: What are your oldest "online" accounts still in use?
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Re: Ask HN: What are your oldest "online" accounts still in use?
#142My `pobox.com` account was created in the mid-1990s. Active the whole time. My college email addresses were created three decades ago and are active today. I could switch back to using one as my primary email address everywhere, and do use it in some places, but the pobox address became the primary one after graduation, before the college address was reenabled. My Amazon account was also created in the mid-1990s. I a…
> I am not sure when my `yahoo.com` account was created but it was in the late 1990s. I have never ever used the address anywhere. It gets lots of spam.
Mine has been around since October of 1996. It, too, gets lots of spam.
> I have a low single-digit Slashdot account.
A friend of mine has slashdot uid of 6. He must have known the original crew.
Re: Ask HN: What are your oldest "online" accounts still in use?
#143You’ve proved your mettle to be the most reliable and affordable hacker anyone can work with thank you for your prompt service I’m super impressed (arpanethack at gmail dot com)
Re: Ask HN: What are your oldest "online" accounts still in use?
#144came to realize the lifetime of my gmail accounts is relative to the lifetimee of the phone numbers attached to them
Re: Ask HN: What are your oldest "online" accounts still in use?
#145My Microsoft login is still a Hotmail account, and I still use my same eBay account from way back then too. There's also a forum I've been a part of since I was a kid, and I'm nearly 40 now. My favorite account I used to have was username@ibm.net, back when they dabbled in consumer ISPs (unlimited dialup!). Sadly, they discontinued that service after a while. I used to have really old Steam, Amazon, Slashdot, Faceboo…
> There's also a forum I've been a part of since I was a kid, and I'm nearly 40 now. Which forum?
Sorry for the late reply, I was sick and on a HN break!
https://boards.straightdope.com/ is the forum... it's not tech-focused, but it has a bunch of smart, passionate people discussing everything from airplanes to history to pop culture to video games and more. Usually pretty high quality discussions, although admittedly I've been a lot less active there than I used to be.