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A BBS as the original social media site. Most people were from the same area code and had BBS Meetings to see the faces behind the handles.
by orionblastar 10y ago
A BBS as the original social media site. Most people were from the same area code and had BBS Meetings to see the faces behind the handles.
- tyfon 10y agoOh yeah. I still remember my fathers face when he saw the 5000 NOK phone bill from me dialing a non local bbs a few too many times in the early 90s :) Here in Norway we had charges by the minute for all calls, but long distance (outside your area code) was a lot more expensive. In the end i had a separate phone line installed on my room and ran my own bbs using https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBBS https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBBS (I can't find any non Norwegian sources, use translate).