On: AIM AV

[dangoldin]

"note: this app is for internal AOL use only"

I wonder if this is some brilliant marketing ploy.

[vnorby → dangoldin]

It's definitely a ploy. If they wanted to test it with just their employees, they would have put it behind their firewall.

[alex1 → vnorby]

Back in the late 90's and early 00's, I remember discovering a bunch of "internal" AOL sites. Even after posting about them on forums, AOL didn't seem to care much (unless they could be used to steal accounts).

[joelandren → vnorby]

And would have forgone the splash page.

[mgkimsal → dangoldin]

unless they mean only for use on AOL's network, and not cross-network like with gtalk or msn chat. It's worded just awkwardly enough that I could see non-techies making that wording mistake.