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BBS refers to Bulletin Board Systems, which were the equivalent of forums in the pre-web age.

Typically a user would dial-in to a BBS (ring a number via their modem) and be able to view and reply to posts made by others who had dialed in. Modern BBS' use the [[telnet|telnet protocol]] to connect users. They are famous in the [[Cyberpunk]] community, though lost their mainstream use in the early 2000's. BBS' weree famous for housing some of the world's greatest people, such as [[Richard Stallman]], [[Dennis Richie]], and many others. A large number of internet groups started on BBS, such as The Cult of the Dead Cow, [[The Church of the Subgenius]], and etc.

[[8chan]] had an unofficial BBS shared with [[Lainchan]], which was available at [https://slashtech.ch https://slashtech.ch], running the Mystic BBS software on a [[BSD|NetBSD]] system. However, due to lack of resources and loss of interest, the owner ended up ditching the whole project.

[[Movies#Documentary BBS: The Documentary|BBS: The Documentary]] will give you a good perspective.

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