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1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-May-2022 22:46:25 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

   Mid-1995 online service user demographics breakdown by gender. Prodigy was apparently the most popular among the ladies.

   • darkwraithlord@mastodon.social's status on Friday, 20-May-2022 00:20:50 UTC DarkWraithLord

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     @dosnostalgic I was on Compuserve until the local ISP’s showed up.

   • Erin (chateauerin@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-May-2022 01:33:02 UTC Erin

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     @dosnostalgic that table shows prodigy skewed female, but you'd need subscriber numbers to know which service was most popular among the ladies

   • joy larkin 🌺 (joy@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 20-May-2022 04:08:15 UTC joy larkin 🌺

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     @dosnostalgic I would think the reason for the gender skew for Prodigy was because it was distributed by Sears, where women would shop.

     For the young people in the crowd, Sears was a dominant general retailer back in the day. Everything from clothing, household goods, large appliances, workmen’s tools, etc. If you lived in a mid-size town in the US, there probably was a Sears store nearby. Also, very well known for their catalog shopping. Their annual Christmas catalog was inches thick!