<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: Umbhangqwana othi uwumbhangqwana wokuqala emhlabeni owathandana nge-Internet ugubha iminyaka engu-20 usuhlangene - ngemva kokuba phakathi kwabantu bokuqala ukubhalisela isayithi lokuqala lokuphola nge-Internet. UBill noFreddi Strauss, abavela eSan Fernando Valley, eCalifornia, bahlangana engosini yokuqala ethi Match.com, emasontweni ambalwa ngemva kokuba iqalisiwe ngo-1995, futhi bashada eminyakeni emithathu kamuva. Futhi manje lo mbhangqwana othandanayo ugubha iminyaka engu-20 usuhlangene. UBill noFreddi Strauss manje sebengongoti be-selfies, kodwa lapho behlangana, ukuphola nge-Internet kwakuyinto entsha futhi kwadingeka bacele abangane babo ukuba babasize bakhe iphrofayela ye-Internet. Ukubuyela emuva: Umbhangqwana ngosuku lwawo lomshado ngemva kokuqala ukuhlangana ndawonye kuyi-Internet. Ngokuqinisekile singenye yezinsuku zokuqala futhi sikholelwa ukuthi singukuqala okuphenduke umbhangqwana, kusho uFreddi oneminyaka engu-72. Lapho ngiqala ukutshela abangane bami ukuthi ngisebenzisa i-inthanethi ukuthola isoka, babekhathazekile ngami - ngoba i-inthanethi ngokwayo yayintsha kakhulu futhi ukujola nge-inthanethi kwakungaziwa! Kodwa ngokushesha nje lapho behlangana noBill baqaphela ukuthi akudingeki bakhathazeke ngalutho. Nakuba amaphrofayela okuqomisana akuyi-Internet namuhla egcwele izithombe eziningi eziphelele, iphrofayela kaFreddi yayingenaso ngisho nesithombe - njengoba ayengazi ukuthi angasilayisha kanjani. Umngane wami kwadingeka angisize ukuba ngilungiselele iphrofayela njengoba i-Internet yayisanda kuvela, kusho uFreddi, umenzeli wezokuvakasha. Ama-adventure amaningi: UBill noFreddi bajabulela ukudla ngaphandle, naphezu kosuku lwabo lokuqala endaweni yokudlela ababengeke baluhlele. Lo mbhangqwana wathandana ngokushesha ngemva kokuhlangana kuyi-Internet. Ngisanda kuphothula iphrofayili kodwa isithombe sasingaphezu kwamandla ami! Wayenezimfanelo nemininingwane yami kuphela lapho ngifika ngosuku lwethu lokuqala. Ngemva kwesonto bebhalelana imiyalezo, laba ababili banquma ukuqala ukuxoxa ngocingo futhi ngemva kwesonto banquma ukubonana ubuso nobuso. Njengonjiniyela osethathe umhlalaphansi, uBill wathi wayekholelwa ukuthi ukuhlangana kwabo kwakuyinjongo. Ngangingazi ukuthi ngangizoqhubeka kanjani nokuqomisana kuyi-Internet - isithombe sami sasingesinye sezithombe zami ezinhle kakhulu, kusho lona oneminyaka engu-76 ubudala. Kodwa ngokushesha nje lapho ngibona...  <response>: UBill noFreddi Strauss ngamunye wabhalisela ukujola nge - Internet ngo - 1995. Laba bobabili bahlangana engosini yokuqomisana iMatch.com. Abangane babasiza ukuba bakhe amaphrofayli lapho befuna uthando kuyi-Internet. 