• Matengor@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    I didn’t even know about these services. It’s fascinating they were relevant for about ten years only. What a good read.

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      5 months ago

      I used SMS google search and SMS ChaCha, they were great at a time when mobile data was super expensive.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        I remember texting chacha if every rose has its thorn, to which they would respond that according to the 1988 song released by Poison, every rose does have its thorn.

        I can’t remember so many things from that part of my life, why that stuck, no idea.

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          5 months ago

          That’s a fantastic song though. I didn’t grow up in that era, but it’s most of what I listen to these days.

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      5 months ago

      I had heard of them but had no idea there were so many of them or that they were so successful