AOL question

lovesallanimals · ‎03-11-2010

First of all, I am technically challenged. I know how to use my desk top computer but do not have a smart phone (I know, I know, I still have a flip top) do not know what the heck blue tooth is, cloud, etc. and these are things I will eventually have to learn. However, I heard Jill the other night when they were presenting a computer and she was joking with the tech guy that she still has an AOL address and she knows she is dating herself. I still use AOL. Is this something that is not being used anymore? I did not understand why she was saying it is dating her and that no one uses it anymore. Can someone explain this to me? thanks

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

It's just one of the "originals"..........I have friends who still use it.

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NYCLatinaMe · ‎01-14-2017

@lovesallanimals, I didn't know anyone had an aol account. I had one when the internet was dial-up on the phone line. do you still pay them a monthly fee?

GingerPeach · ‎03-12-2010

I don't know what the fuss is about AOL accounts.

They're completely free if you choose that option, they're pretty reliable, and they have excellent sorting/folder capacities. Easy peasey.

I wish people would stop feeling they have to apologize for things that so-called "mainstream" users don't all use.

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Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

Face it; it's considered UNcool to use AOL. Sort of old-fashioned and passe.

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Venezia · ‎03-09-2010

@GingerPeach wrote:
I don't know what the fuss is about AOL accounts.

They're completely free if you choose that option, they're pretty reliable, and they have excellent sorting/folder capacities. Easy peasey.

I wish people would stop feeling they have to apologize for things that so-called "mainstream" users don't all use.

@GingerPeach- Exactly what I was going to say!

I'm also tired of people dissing something because they consider it "uncool" or old technology.

I spent 25 years in I.T. and believe me, I saw a lot of the "new" stuff that was pure junk. My mantra is "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

My DH and I have AOL accounts, they're free, they work and I'm not apologizing to anyone for it. I think my ego can suffer the "slings and arrows" of the hipper, wiser young things of the world.

I also have other email accounts, but I will keep my AOL account until they cease to be.

"" A little learning is a dangerous thing."-Alexander Pope

GingerPeach · ‎03-12-2010

@Venezia wrote:
@GingerPeach wrote:
I don't know what the fuss is about AOL accounts.

They're completely free if you choose that option, they're pretty reliable, and they have excellent sorting/folder capacities. Easy peasey.

I wish people would stop feeling they have to apologize for things that so-called "mainstream" users don't all use.
@GingerPeach- Exactly what I was going to say!

I'm also tired of people dissing something because they consider it "uncool" or old technology.

I spent 25 years in I.T. and believe me, I saw a lot of the "new" stuff that was pure junk. My mantra is "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

My DH and I have AOL accounts, they're free, they work and I'm not apologizing to anyone for it. I think my ego can suffer the "slings and arrows" of the hipper, wiser young things of the world.

I also have other email accounts, but I will keep my AOL account until they cease to be.

Thank you, @Venezia

Uncool is in the eyes of the beholder. Too bad they don't know how good AOL actually is! It's much nicer than gmail, for instance. I use both, and have tried others.

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sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

LOVE my aol......this 2019 i will have been using it for 20 years.

have several aol email accounts for different purposes.

i rarely have problems and yes, it is free and very user friendly.

i prefer it to gmail and comcast.

have the app installed on my phone also.

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Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

I'll tell you what's uncool about AOL. Ever have a problem and have to talk to one of their techs in India? First, you understand only about every 5th word they say. Tell them your problem....eventually it'll occur to you that your tech doesn't know what he or she is doing. After an hour or so, the tech reaches the same conclusion so he just hangs up on you. Then you get to start all over again. I've done this repeatedly over 3 hrs in an evening.

I had an account, could sign on with my password. There was nothing they could do, however, that would allow me to get my email. I called over and over but they couldn't fix it. I gave up and never looked back.

Yes, it's a great service.

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Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

I purchased my first computer at Montgomery Wards on January 18, 1994. It was an IBM.

When I brought it home my DH asked me what I was going to do with it. I told him I was going to teach myself to use it....and I did.

There was no Windows back then..there was DOS. I loved it. It was customizable. I cried when Windows came into being.

I went on the internet using Prodigy. It was bought out or merged with AOL and I was forced to switch. I had an e-mail account, but no one I knew of had one, so I couldn't really send too many e-mails.

We didn't even have computers at work yet..just CRT's.

I have had my AOL e-mail account for a long, long time. I have others, but AOL, I supposed, is my favorite. No one is interested in hacking into it for one thing.

It might not be trendy, but I have had it for so long that I prefer it over g-mail and other services. I am not a fan of google at all.

I still have my floppy disk..remember those? AOL version 1.1a. They sent it to me to upgrade my AOL account.

I plan on using my AOL,e-mail as long as I can. I have also noticed that many businesses use AOL e-mail, mostly for security reasons.