AOL Historical Comparisons
Comments repeatedly draw parallels between AOL's past dominance as a walled-garden 'internet' provider and a current service or platform, highlighting AOL's decline as a cautionary tale.
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2007 24
2008 38
2009 46
2010 127
2011 194
2012 91
2013 103
2014 92
2015 201
2016 77
2017 107
2018 116
2019 73
2020 103
2021 140
2022 125
2023 141
2024 69
2025 143
2026 7
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Sample Comments
There was a time when some would have said the same of AOL.
That worked so well for AOL when they were the "internet".
We had AOL back in the day, but...
People viewed AOL as internet once. Until they didn’t
Yeah, that's what they said about AOL.
They where when AOL was big too.
It's how things went down with aol
AOL was ahead of its time, I see.
The one way AOL was better than the rest of the internet.
AOL had me early. I think you know what happened.