The first well-known small-scale BBS emerged in 1978, and BBS culture grew out of microcomputer hobbyist experimentation during the 1970s and 1980s.

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"The first well-known small-scale BBS emerged in 1978, and BBS culture grew out of microcomputer hobbyist experimentation during the 1970s and 1980s."

Driscoll traces BBS culture to Ward Christensen and Randy Suess’s 1978 system and describes hobbyist BBSes as early laboratories for computer-mediated social life.

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Source title The Bulletin Board System: Social Media’s Dial-up Roots

Source authors Kevin Driscoll

Source year 2016

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