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The BBS world was so strange... what I mean is, I remember going to meetups and there being all these strange cliques and insider jokes and culture wars that ma
by poulsbohemian 5y ago
The BBS world was so strange... what I mean is, I remember going to meetups and there being all these strange cliques and insider jokes and culture wars that made absolutely no sense. And yet, I think about that time and there was so much exploration happening, where you could bounce from board to board and connect with people and learn new things. While I'm sure people do meet strangers via social media these days, the BBS world was completely different in that you would truly meet people online and then become friends you'd hang out with in person - you could find your tribe, so to speak.
- allenu 5y agoIt was such a smaller world. I remember how exciting it was that someone on a local BBS responded to a post. I got even more excited when I wrote a post on FidoNet and got a response from someone on the other side of the continent. I was a teenager at the time and remember some of my friends went a dinner meetup for a BBS. They revealed it was super awkward afterwards, but I guess it was an older crowd.