Hi Marc, all, I'd certainly be interested if anyone can point towards a history of BBS culture. If there's something like Communities In Cyberspace ed by Marc A Smith and Peter Kollock, which I've always found an interesting and real social study of the internets, then it'd be great reading.
M 2009/7/27 marc garrett <[email protected]> > HI all, > > I thought that I'd Step back into the BBS discussion - I've been away > for a couple of days so I missed out. > > As Alan mentioned, it would be very fascinating and great for > contemporary Internet users if there was a publication about BBS > culture. Especially grass root BBS's - features around various artists, > thinkers, activists and groups who used them at the time and where they > are now... > > marc > > > > > > I've wanted to see a history of these for years - there was and still is, > > http://www.mono.org that I was on for quite a while. Their cultures were > > amazing and really undocumented (I feel the same about newsgroups, in > > spite of Google, and early IRC) and important since they grew into other > > modes of "web 2.0" which should be "web 0.0" or some such - ascii-based > > community. > > > > Anyway, thanks! > > > > - Alan > > > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, marc garrett wrote: > > > >> Remembering BBS Boards > >> > >> A few of the BBS Boards I used before the Internet and its early days - > >> Fast Breeder, Cybercafe, New World Disorder, ENTITY, Blue Obsession, > >> Darkness Descends and many more... > >> > >> "A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software > >> that allows users to connect and log in to the system using a terminal > >> program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as uploading > >> and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and > >> exchanging messages with other users, either through electronic mail or > >> in public message boards. Many BBSes also offer on-line games, in which > >> users can compete with each other, and BBSes with multiple phone lines > >> often provide chat rooms, allowing users to interact with each other." > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system > >> > >> My main involvement with BBS Boards began with Cybercafe with a certain > >> MR.Bunting (http://www.irational.org/cybercafe) > >> > >> marc > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NetBehaviour mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > >> > >> > > > > > > > > | Alan Sondheim Mail archive: http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > > | Webpage (directory) at http://www.alansondheim.org > > | [email protected], [email protected], tel US 718-813-3285 > > ! http://www.facebook.com/alan.sondheim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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