Documentation of AOL in mid-1990s
All, I've had limited locating these on my own, so I wonder if anyone has any suggestions: Are there archives (official or community-based) of documents related to America Online, especially during its mid-1990s boom? I'm especially interested in two things: A) Guides/Community Leaders' day-to-day practices around policing offensive content and B) AOL's relationship to independent community-oriented content providers (including compensation rates, contracts, etc.). Some documentation of Guide practices and policies exists, but there's almost nothing about the latter - it's my suspicion most users didn't even know some forums were run by independent contractors. Thanks in advance, Avery Dame-Griff -- Avery Dame-Griff Lecturer, Communication Studies/Women and Gender Studies (Spring 2020) Gonzaga University Curator, Queer Digital History Project <http://queerdigital.com/> averydame.net <http://www.averydame.net/> avery.dame@gmail.com
Hello Avery, I was one of the early content developers on AOL as one of the early nonprofit relationships to build out member portals. I worked for the National Education Association in building their first web presence on AOL. My early recollection of that activity really left us as a content team to develop the structure and content for the web. AOL used this membership model to get others enrolled on AOL. I probably have somewhere in a dusty box, some of the design thinking we did at that time. We may not be the type of community contractor work you are looking for, but we were some of the first "netizens" on AOL. Happy to chat further if you require. Sincerely, Michelle Ferrier “We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” ― J.K. Rowling Michelle P Ferrier, Ph.D. Dean and Professor, School of Journalism & Graphic Communication Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University T: 850-599-3379 Michelle.ferrier@famu.edu Twitter: @mediaghosts Founder, Troll-Busters.com <http://www.troll-busters.com/> Principal Investigator, The Media Deserts Project (www.mediadeserts.com <http://www.mediadeserts.com>) Project Director: The Media Seeds Project (ZipIt.News <http://www.zipit.news/>) 2018 Innovative Journalism Educator (MediaShift <http://mediashift.org/2018/01/edshift20-honoring-innovative-journalism-educators-2017/>) On 9/11/19, 3:45 PM, "Air-L on behalf of Avery Dame-Griff" <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of avery.dame@gmail.com> wrote: This email originated outside of Florida A&M University. If you think this is a phishing (scam) email, please forward to phishbowl@famu.edu or call 412-HELP. ________________________________ All, I've had limited locating these on my own, so I wonder if anyone has any suggestions: Are there archives (official or community-based) of documents related to America Online, especially during its mid-1990s boom? I'm especially interested in two things: A) Guides/Community Leaders' day-to-day practices around policing offensive content and B) AOL's relationship to independent community-oriented content providers (including compensation rates, contracts, etc.). Some documentation of Guide practices and policies exists, but there's almost nothing about the latter - it's my suspicion most users didn't even know some forums were run by independent contractors. Thanks in advance, Avery Dame-Griff -- Avery Dame-Griff Lecturer, Communication Studies/Women and Gender Studies (Spring 2020) Gonzaga University Curator, Queer Digital History Project <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fqueerdigital.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce5a41c77e9454c0c6d5808d736f08e7a%7C2526db3cd5034dfea0e60c41a20b52d2%7C0%7C0%7C637038279145562236&sdata=U6O%2B3nzmAt4skYHQhI4joOslAimFU4EzXZ%2Bbr4lM5JE%3D&reserved=0> averydame.net <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.averydame.net%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce5a41c77e9454c0c6d5808d736f08e7a%7C2526db3cd5034dfea0e60c41a20b52d2%7C0%7C0%7C637038279145562236&sdata=EERDM4TvRG3c21SuS%2B6gOfpSczNTM8%2F5VGH4lSwT5R0%3D&reserved=0> avery.dame@gmail.com _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faoir.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce5a41c77e9454c0c6d5808d736f08e7a%7C2526db3cd5034dfea0e60c41a20b52d2%7C0%7C0%7C637038279145562236&sdata=1qV5u%2BAG7loNfy3L%2BHxnv2Az%2BxkaGGIeCh1QTb2m8LQ%3D&reserved=0 Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.aoir.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fair-l-aoir.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce5a41c77e9454c0c6d5808d736f08e7a%7C2526db3cd5034dfea0e60c41a20b52d2%7C0%7C0%7C637038279145562236&sdata=pLcBCCG4DBuYoHna1s6VumK5l4Xjt9BqKUOMbV8oVK4%3D&reserved=0 Join the Association of Internet Researchers: https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aoir.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce5a41c77e9454c0c6d5808d736f08e7a%7C2526db3cd5034dfea0e60c41a20b52d2%7C0%7C0%7C637038279145562236&sdata=fWpSbfgWO6Xqmnoc2Wkw30cs62E5DioX0OSaZ%2BkQdrE%3D&reserved=0
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