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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BBS predate chatrooms and are proto-forums.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on definitions.

1978 for BBS vs either 1974 for the publication of TCP itself, or 1982/1983 for deployment of the same TCP/IP we use today, or 1976 for X.25, or 1977 for the first actual live interconnection of multiple packet switched networks.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Perhaps better phrased: BBS predate the web (http+html) and the modern internet. Gopher doesn't count ;)