Always has been. I remember in the 90s being a 13 year old boy, talking on a chat service thats long dead now. It was called “talkcity”.
They were a collection of chatrooms. They had a chatroom for every niche. I hungout in the “teenchat”.
I can remember having people message me, claiming to be 14/F/Cali. I was 13/M/Ohio.
So I didn’t think anything of it at the time. But those chats were EXTREMELY sexual. Knowing what I know now, I was probably talking to a 40 year old dude living in his moms basement.
Even though talkcity is long dead, that behavior of targeted predators is very much still alive.
Always has been. I remember in the 90s being a 13 year old boy, talking on a chat service thats long dead now. It was called “talkcity”.
They were a collection of chatrooms. They had a chatroom for every niche. I hungout in the “teenchat”.
I can remember having people message me, claiming to be 14/F/Cali. I was 13/M/Ohio.
So I didn’t think anything of it at the time. But those chats were EXTREMELY sexual. Knowing what I know now, I was probably talking to a 40 year old dude living in his moms basement.
Even though talkcity is long dead, that behavior of targeted predators is very much still alive.
That was basically my experience with AIM chat rooms.