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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Always has been. I remember in the 90s being a 13 year old boy, talking on a chat service thats long dead now. It was called "talkcity".

They were a collection of chatrooms. They had a chatroom for every niche. I hungout in the "teenchat".

I can remember having people message me, claiming to be 14/F/Cali. I was 13/M/Ohio.

So I didn't think anything of it at the time. But those chats were EXTREMELY sexual. Knowing what I know now, I was probably talking to a 40 year old dude living in his moms basement.

Even though talkcity is long dead, that behavior of targeted predators is very much still alive.