21 Things Anybody Under 16 Won't Believe About How We Used The Internet

MSN Messenger

MSN Messenger was arguably the greatest thing to happen to 90s youth, that is until mobile phones took over and text messaging became the preferred method of communication. MSN had more features than any other instant messenger before it; including giving users a way to let friends know what song they were listening to if their music player (usually Windows Media Player) was connected to messenger. There were so many instant messaging platforms for the computer because early cell phones were not designed for regular text messaging; want to type the letter ‘C’? No problem, just hit the number ‘2’ button three times quickly. Messaging people on the computer was understandably much faster (and MSN had their own version of emojis, too).