04-26-2023, 10:09 PM
There was a lot of crossover with early internet and BBS' with usenet. Towards the end of BBS' there were usenet feeds being added to the different forums. What I think would be a good one is how BBS' were an early version of current social media sites - except well regulated forums kept the loud-mouthed, smoothed-brained, window-lickers from getting a foothold and controlling the conversation. Although, those users were fun to play with for a while until it got boring and then releasing the ban-hammer on them (or better yet, segregated to their own little playpen where their posts would get edited or deleted)...