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I've heard more along the lines of a proto-4chan.

• b112 3y ago
  There were many functions, I remember an encyclopedia, stock tickers, basically "apps" of a sort. And there were message boards too, which were a free for all. But then, so was/is IRC, and newsgroups, and so on. Reddit likely, even now, has far more questionable content.
• jghn 3y ago
  Not really, at least not in the 80s/early 90s. People were paying ~$20/hr to be on it. This kept riffraff fairly low. There were a lot of analogues to other internet things. There was a "CB simulator" that was like IRC. There were Special Interest Groups for all sorts of topics. Each one had its own message board, chat room, file share. Online games, including some multiplayer options. News feeds, stock information, more. Outside of the cost, it was pretty sweet.