How long have you been using the internet ?Your first activity on the net....
By kiran8
@kiran8 (15348)
Mangalore, India
July 9, 2011 2:35pm CST
I started using the internet since 2001 and my first ever activity was to open an email account on yahoo which I still have today.Later on I registered on hotmail and then on a musical forum etc etc.....But. at that time I had no idea that one could also earn through the net. I came to know about it only in 2006 when my son suggested it to me and I first joined an article writing site called ciao.co.uk. I am still a member of that site...
Friends , Please share your experiences here...
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26 responses
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
13 Jul 11
Hi Kiran!
I started using the internet since 2004 and of course like you my first activity was to open an email account as that was the first thing the computer class teacher taught us about the internet. Then start searching other things..I was so impressed that time I can search anything I like but not addicted to it as much as I am now.(^^)
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
16 Jul 11
Hi Hanum, thanks a lot for your response
I guess once you learn to use the computer and later the internet it is only a matter of time before you get addicted to it ! It has been change of life style to many with the advent of facebook, twitter and other social sites - all the best and happy mylotting![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
16 Jul 11
Since Mylot is one of the social sites then I think I agree with you~(^^) If I want to get addicted in social site I would rather be here than Facebook, twitter and others. Great if the other sites are just like Mylot and hope there will be more sites like this.(^^)
All the best to you too and happy mylotting!
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
12 Jul 11
Hi kiran8, if I'm not wrong it would be 9 years or so back. I think the exact date is not that important as long as I do enjoy the convenience of having the facility of internet that makes my daily living so colorful since the first day I had subscribed the dial-up internet lol...if compared to those earlier days without any internet service.
Me too didn't have any knowledge that we could make earning via internet before
Anyway I's still in great pleasure busy with net surfing earlier as there were countless of fun for me to explore the vast virtual world lol...and this kept my life rather busy and full of interest. My first online account is yahoo account as well, and it's still with me now. Though I have joined as member of many sites later, myLot still is my most favorite site which I like to participate in the activities available here frequently.
Happy posting
and have a nice day
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@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
17 Jul 11
It's a beautiful coincidence that both of us have begun our virtual life at the same time
It's sure that we are no longer like spending our leisure time doing outdoor physical activities that we were used to do before having internet. Yeah, it's so convenient and easy that we can acquire all sorts of whatever we like when getting on to the web undoubtedly. Until we never realize that time passes by that fast
Anyway it's not healthy to spend too long time sitting still in front of the pc. Therefore, for the sake of health we yet have to spend some time doing some physical activities regularly to exercise our muscle so as to promote our blood circulation
Have a nice day.
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
16 Jul 11
Hi ikbooi,I too started about the same time nearly 10 years ago and I guess our lives changed after that.There have been so many changes in the technology,content, just about everything concerning the web...I miss those old days when things were relatively simpler inspite of all the inconveniences - all the best and happy mylotting![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
17 Jul 11
Hi ikbooi, I agree , One has to make a conscious effort not spend all the free time in front of the computer.I spend about 2-3 hours only now whereas earlier it was longer.Now I log on only after it is dark and no scope for any of my other activities like walking and gardening...
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@jdyrj777 (6530)
• United States
10 Jul 11
I believe my first experience with internet was around 2000. I would go to the publice library to get information about local reggae concerts. My son-in-law help me learn how to get online. I didnt actually own a computer or have a email till about 2002. Im still searching for a way to make a living online.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
11 Jul 11
Hi jdyrj, thanks a lot for your response
I guess t is hard to make a living online. One can earn a supplementary income at the most, but to be able to make a living may be tough. However all the best to you and hope you are able to fulfill your wish, all the best and happy mylotting![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
17 Jul 11
I see a lot of people using ebay to sell things and it seems to work fine.I too bought some dvds once a couple of years ago and I was quite happy with it. The dvds came home on time and I paid through paypal so both sides were happy - all the best to you ![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@celticeagle (164045)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Jul 11
FOr my personal use I started about the same time you did. I got a Dell laptop and it had MSN on it so I started my first account on MSN. And I got AOl too. SOmeone asked if I had Yahoo and wanted to IM with me so I went on there and started an account on there. I have been on Mylot for over four years. I wish i could remember how I learned of it but I can't.
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@celticeagle (164045)
• Boise, Idaho
15 Jul 11
I think I always have been pretty active. So much to check out and see in the beginning. Have a nice eveing too.
@celticeagle (164045)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Jul 11
I have a certain amount of basic sites I visit. I add one occasionally when I hear of one and go check it out. If I like I stay on it. If I don't I go elsewhere. It works for me.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
14 Jul 11
Hi celticeagle,thanks a lot for sharing your views
...I guess most of us started that way since internet was relatively simpler to use with not too many options...I too have been on mylot for almost 4 years now although I was not very active in the beginning ..all the best and enjoy your evening![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@SpikeTheLobster (6403)
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9 Jul 11
1989, first year of University, studying Computer Science. Ah, the scary text email system, newsgroups and all that stuff!
My first web site was mostly for a PC game (Stars!) and was actually featured in a gaming magazine. That was back when everything was built by hand in Notepad - none of this wussy Publisher or "Save As HTML" nonsense! 2k/s upload over a telephone line, everything optimised so it wouldn't take hours just to update a page... great stuff.
Wrote for a couple of online gaming magazines in the mid- to late-1990s, blogged, moderated forums... tried a bit of everything, really.
That was all just for fun, of course. No money in it.
I started earning online at the end of 2008, setting myself up as a freelance writer/editor.
@SpikeTheLobster (6403)
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9 Jul 11
Oops, typo - that should be 1988! (Obviously trying to make myself younger by a year...)
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
12 Jul 11
Hi Spike, thanks a lot for your response
You obviously have a lot of knowledge about the internet having studied Computer science and used it for so long - almost 23 years
....I am sure that you have seen all the ups and downs that have taken place through the years , all the best and have a great day
LOL...a year younger or older doesn't really matter...
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@anil02 (24688)
• India
10 Jul 11
Hello my sister's son tell me that I can earn from internet. It is period of 2005 or 2006. At that time he was doing IIT. I was interested in typing and job. I searched for but I was not found and legit site. So it is my activity on net. Than I forgot earn from net. Once again he asked me that I can earn from blog. Than I start again and till the today I am using internet. Although I was not success in earning from blog. I am not from computer or IT back ground, it is a problem with me.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
12 Jul 11
Hi anil, thanks a lot for your response
It is good of your nephew to have introduced you to the internet.It doesn't matter if we are not from IT or Computer educated, since what we do online is fairly simple and we learn the basics and a little more as we go along...Have a good week ahead![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
11 Jul 11
I have been online since around October 1996 or so. Maybe even earlier than that, but this is as far back as I can really remember Email, etc. I remember getting my first WebTV back in 1997 and my first Email address being Sleepless97@webtv.net Since then I have seen a lot of changes, and owned a couple of computers, etc. It is interesting looking back how far we have come with Computers and internet access today.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
16 Jul 11
Hi KrauseHome, thanks a lot for sharing your views
!997 is a long time ago when the internet was still in its infancy...I agree that we have come a long way since then.But there was something really nice about the old times too...all the best and have a nice weekend![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@dpk262006 (58677)
• Delhi, India
12 Aug 11
Hi Kiran!
I have been using it for 5-6 years and like you I opened my first email account on Yahoo. However, at that time I did not have any PC with net either in my office or in my home. I first ventured into Yahoo answers and from there I switched over to mylot and then to Associated Contents. I still love to work on mylot and enjoy my time here.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
12 Aug 11
Hi deepak,Choices were limited those days right? A few sites and mostly email and chat...Then came wikipedia which was really a revolution with its vast information base and link to so many other sites.After that of course there was no stopping ..Incidentally I came here much later after I joined article writing sites and another discussion site which by the way has vanished.But it was there that I heard about mylot and decided to try it out which was nearly 4 years ago..You of course have been here for a much longer period![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@dpk262006 (58677)
• Delhi, India
16 Aug 11
I joined this site earlier than you and am loyal to this site.![](/Content/images/emotes/wink.gif)
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
30 Jul 11
I too started using the Internet back in 2001, though I didn't really start getting into it until the beginning of 2002. LOL
One of the first things I did was look into getting a dog for my family and I. I wanted to get a purebred from a breeder (I never got one from a breeder before so it was a new experience for me), but didn't know what breed to get. However, I knew it had to be a large breed, as that's what I was accustomed to.
Shortly after I got my dog (who has recently passed), I joined a forum specially for this breed. After that, I became hooked to the Internet! I have been using it ever since.
Happy mylotting!
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
30 Jul 11
Hi sacmom, thanks a lot for sharing your views
That was a very practical thing to do, looking up details about the dog! I had a hilarious experience in the beginning when I was still new to the internet.I ordered some DVDs and paid through my credit card which had already expired lol...I had the new card but somehow made this mistake.I came to know about this immediately after ,and told my son about it.He looked at me seriously and told me that since it was a fraud the cops would come making enquiries soon enough ! lol...I believed him and my children went on teasing me.They never stopped until the order got rejected and I got an email, later ordered again through my new card...My children still tease me about it..![](/Content/images/emotes/lol.gif)
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
13 Aug 11
Hi dodo, internet has been here since 1994 or so,,,,am I right? I mean it became popular and easily accessible sometimes during those years...So you must have started using the net since then which is of course quite a long time...I remember that I was using the net off and on since 2000 ....
@allknowing (132209)
• India
16 Aug 11
I was the first one to get a connection where I live, around 1998/99. It was not easy those days as the connection went off almost on a daily basis. I had a dial up connection then and I think the following stuck in my memory more than even the nursery rhymes:
" The server is not functioning properly or has been temporarily removed from the Internet.
Your Internet browser is not configured properly.
The TCP/IP configuration for your dial-up connection to your ISP is incorrect.
Your ISP's Domain Name Service (DNS) server is not working properly."
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
16 Aug 11
Hi allknowing , thanks a lot for your response
LOL I too remember that when we had our connection we had to wait for quite some time before the internet got connected..We have come a long way since then and now things are so different and the web has become much more complicated , also informative...
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@abitosunshine (765)
• United States
12 Jul 11
I got my first computer and arrived online late in 1999. The first site I joined was MyFamily.com and I've been hooked on the internet ever since. I cannot believe all I have learned by being online and all of the wonderful friends I've made. I'm fortunate to have met quite a few of them face to face also, which is awesome!
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
16 Jul 11
Hi abito, thanks a lot for your response
I have never heard of myfamily.com, is it still there or did it vanish like many other sites ..I agree that internet has been instrumental in bringing many people with similar tastes together.I too have made many friends online and have met quite a few of them too...enjoy your weekend and all the best ![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@me1823 (26)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
11 Jul 11
Hello, my experience with the internet came very shortly after i got a computer. it was 2001 i think. The i was still in elementary school 5th grade and it wasn't hard to get use to working on a computer, that is playing games as all the kids do. I came into contact with the internet through an old dial up modem, that now seem really annoying sense it was loud when it was connecting and we had to pay for use by the minute, it was much more expensive and much slower.
I only spread my wings online when i got my dsl line. Now i find most of the things i need online. I just haven't succeeded to make money online yet, and now i'm intensively searching for options.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
16 Jul 11
Hi me, thanks a lot for your response
LOL I remember the dial up modem, and the problem we used to have getting connected.There were times when we would be constantly trying to do that without any positive result.However, things improved after sometime, but yes the noise was annoying....You have many options like article writing writing and if course mylot through which you can earn online - all the best and enjoy your weekend![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@goggles213 (735)
• Philippines
30 Jul 11
I started way back in 1999, mostly surfing for adult materials then I got my Hotmail and I also started using MIRC. It was late 2000 that I started to use my time on the Internet to earn money, first was for a webcam company then moved on to updating yellow pages. I was then introduced to adult blogging and I have been doing that since 2004.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
31 Jul 11
Hi goggles, thanks a lot for your response.I am sure that a lot of people felt that they had the freedom to do what they wanted when they started using the net lol...as long as it doesnt become an obsession
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
10 Jul 11
I started using the Internet in 1980. I had to use it for my job.
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
10 Jul 11
It's been so long I can't remember exactly how long. I can remember being at a friends house and booting up her dad's computer. It was old school dial up. I probably was 14 or so so that would be about 15 years ago roughly. I remember thinking it was the coolest thing and we would get on chat rooms. And ofcourse the familiar "you've got mail" you'd hear when you'd sign on to your email.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
12 Jul 11
Hi raviinskye,thanks a lot for your response
It must have been exciting to use the computer and get connected and chat with friends, strangers , just about everyone lol....I remember that my children would come back from school and chat with their school friends , having spent the entire day with them. I see that that dont do that any more having outgrown it...all the best and happy mylotting![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@derek_a (10874)
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11 Jul 11
I used the Internet when it was first available in the UK. That would be sometime in the 1990s. I only had dial-up then and would have to keep reconnecting after an hour or so. And webpages loaded so slowly that most of the activity was done with Yahoo groups via e-mail. Yahoo was my first mail account too, but I set it up for the e-mails to come into Outlook Express. Webmail now, is such a difference!
I always had computers before the Internet. The kids used to play games on it, and I used it to edit videos. It wouldn't go on-line at all in those days and I hadn't even heard of the Internet. The computer was an old Commodore Amiga 500 which had to be started with floppy disks. Now that was very slow!
_Derek
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@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
12 Jul 11
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I too remember that it would take ages to actually connect to the internet through the dial up and we had mastered the art of knowing the exact sound pattern when it got connected lol...We have come such a long way, and it is nice to know that we were all there when it began right? all the best and happy mylotting![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
10 Jul 11
For me i will get to know it 2005 but 2010 i know this mylot,odesk,contencurrent.
@rameshchow (4426)
• India
10 Jul 11
I have started the internet using since 2005. After completion of my 10Th class, i have learned typing and computer coaching. I was first registered in Yahoo. I don't know what is an e-mail, unknown person explained about net to me, later on i have learned many things myself. Now i know a lot. I am doing blogging.
And how the ciao.co.uk is working? how can we earn from it?
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
12 Jul 11
Hi ramesh, thanks a lot for your response
I guess we all started on Yahoo and e mails and then graduated to other things. Ciao.co.uk is an article and review writing site which pays in sterling pounds. You have to have an account in a UK bank to get paid since the money gets directly debited to your bank account..all the best and enjoy your evening![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@sanjay91422 (2725)
• India
10 Jul 11
I think it was the 2003 when I first used the internet. It was my school time, and probably I was in 10th standard.
It was our school computer lab and our English teacher took us there to show us some articles on the internet. Then we started surfing other things also.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
14 Jul 11
Hi sanjay,thanks a lot for your response
It is good to know that you learnt to use the web while still in school. That is the advantage that youngsters have today, they are so very smart and confident when they are out of school and ready to go into the university - all the best and have a nice evening sanjay![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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