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On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 04:42:47PM -0700,
Bob Purvy via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> I should have mentioned that Usenet and mailing lists were kinda techie
> back then. I'm thinking my guy would have started with CompuServe, Prodigy,
> AOL... something less intimidating for a noobie guy.

Depends on what sort of noob.  If this character was in high school in
the 80s or early 90s, there's a good chance some of his friends ran or
knew someone who ran a BBS, so FidoNet and BBS message groups might be
his "online" context.
  -- Cos