Something the other day reminded me of metafilter.com, where I have a login (this costs money now?) and I’ve had an account since 2002. Like all good websites, they won’t nuke your account if you don’t log in.
That made me think of my match.com login, and the “good old days” of the Internet. I signed up there very early, and when they transitioned to a for-pay model, they sent me an e-mail saying that I was signed up for a “lifetime” subscription. Sweet! I’m married now, happy with 2 kids, but it’s fun to log in and see what my old profile page says:
match.com
So, just logged in (had to recover my password via e-mail, which amazingly worked) and checked the status.
Yup, no monthly fees, member since 6/5/1995. Folks, that’s almost 14 years ago! Holy shit! Imagine the number of system upgrades and migrations that my account has gone through! Imagine the number of developers there saying “jeebus, I wonder if this guy will ever log in”. Or, “I wonder if he’s still single”.
Well, congratulations to you, match.com. I’m impressed by your commitment to “free lifetime service” and I’m impressed that you’ve continued to port my account forward through what must be several system upgrades.
Cheers to the old single me days of 1995, and cheers to the new father-of-two me of 2009. Who ever would have thought?
Me in 1995
Today:
2 kids!
Dude, you haven’t changed a bit. Scary.