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101 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 11 Sep 2022 \ parent \ on: What Bulletin Board Systems got right and social media gets wrong bitcoin
I’m not sure what you mean. “Moderators” used to get paid, have more customization options, and weren’t dependent on a platform. Seems less communistic rather than more
OK, got it.
Still is that the entire difference? I was expecting much more.
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Definitely not, but these are some of the most important and relevant differences.
Others: they were geographically focused due to using telephone networks which has pros/cons, they would onboard new people via a voice phone call (something I kind want a modern version of), and when switching between BBSs you’d basically have a new identity because they were independent.
It’s the subject of a whole book so there’s a lot of interesting anecdotes. One of the most popular BBSs, The WELL, was entirely financially supported by a Grateful Dead sub-community hosted on it. Most of the other users didn’t even know that sub-community existed.
There were other traits of their communities that emerged but they are consistent with the online communities that followed: people who might not otherwise meet or find certain information (due to stigma or whatever), did.
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