If you don't have emotional scars from usenet or dial-in BBSs, you really don't want to be calling anyone a Johnny come lately.
Lot of Johnny come latelies making rule 34 jokes today. If you weren’t scarred by seeing something horrific on 4chan in the 2000s I don’t want to hear it. Stolen valor
June 1, 2024 at 12:22 AM
If you don't have emotional scars from usenet or dial-in BBSs, you really don't want to be calling anyone a Johnny come lately.
*waves from dial-up BBSs*
June 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
*waves from dial-up BBSs*
We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the BBSs.
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We don't know who struck first, us or them. But we do know it was us that scorched the BBSs.
In the '80s and '90s, BBSs were tiny dial-up digital oases for exchanging messages, playing games, and sharing files. Today, there's a resurgence of interest in BBSs, and here's how you can build one of your own using modern Meshtastic radios and a Raspberry Pi. spectrum.ieee.org/run-a-meshta...
Can Meshtastic Radios Revive the Charm of Old School Bullletin Board Systems?
In the '80s and '90s, BBSs were tiny dial-up digital oases for exchanging messages, playing games, and sharing files. Today, there's a resurgence of interest in BBSs, and here's how you can build one ...
spectrum.ieee.org
April 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In the '80s and '90s, BBSs were tiny dial-up digital oases for exchanging messages, playing games, and sharing files. Today, there's a resurgence of interest in BBSs, and here's how you can build one of your own using modern Meshtastic radios and a Raspberry Pi. spectrum.ieee.org/run-a-meshta...
They've also got previews of a few other BBSs that were in the region, which is a really cool look at what kinds of collaboration and communication the different BBSs in the area had with each other. Plus this SimNaniwa map is *killer*. Really great 90s UI work and cute design.
May 30, 2026 at 9:10 PM
They've also got previews of a few other BBSs that were in the region, which is a really cool look at what kinds of collaboration and communication the different BBSs in the area had with each other. Plus this SimNaniwa map is *killer*. Really great 90s UI work and cute design.
Thinking about the time when I first got online 40 years ago - BBSs in 1986
It was also possible then to Get Off The Computer.
Now we can't really Get Off The Computer.
Many of us last Got On The Computer sometime in the 2010s.
It's time to Get Off The Computer, not just Get Off On The Computer.
It was also possible then to Get Off The Computer.
Now we can't really Get Off The Computer.
Many of us last Got On The Computer sometime in the 2010s.
It's time to Get Off The Computer, not just Get Off On The Computer.
September 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Thinking about the time when I first got online 40 years ago - BBSs in 1986
It was also possible then to Get Off The Computer.
Now we can't really Get Off The Computer.
Many of us last Got On The Computer sometime in the 2010s.
It's time to Get Off The Computer, not just Get Off On The Computer.
It was also possible then to Get Off The Computer.
Now we can't really Get Off The Computer.
Many of us last Got On The Computer sometime in the 2010s.
It's time to Get Off The Computer, not just Get Off On The Computer.
That Brilliant Yellow paint against the vintage plaid interior is such a great contrast. The brown leather Porsche 944 seats look totally at home in this timeless Golf Mk1 sitting on BBSs.
August 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM
That Brilliant Yellow paint against the vintage plaid interior is such a great contrast. The brown leather Porsche 944 seats look totally at home in this timeless Golf Mk1 sitting on BBSs.
Bring back FidoNet and BBSs
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Bring back FidoNet and BBSs
This is how I used to find new BBSs.
March 5, 2024 at 2:44 AM
This is how I used to find new BBSs.
Citadel BBSs.
Can I ask y’all a genuine question?
In all your life online, what’s the greatest social media you’ve ever used?
In all your life online, what’s the greatest social media you’ve ever used?
June 17, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Citadel BBSs.
Everyone’s* saying it, this website is getting worse and there’s only one solution, we all go back to forums and BBSs
*probably
*probably
January 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Everyone’s* saying it, this website is getting worse and there’s only one solution, we all go back to forums and BBSs
*probably
*probably
these skeets predate twitter. we were forged in the fires of forums, chatrooms, and BBSs
people talk about Bluesky as if it’s a “young” platform. They forget that it’s a cohesive, focused posting force comprised of accounts that sharpened their skills through tens of thousand of tweets, exposed to tens of millions of views. These skeets were forged in flame, they bear the wisdom of ages
December 3, 2024 at 4:16 AM
these skeets predate twitter. we were forged in the fires of forums, chatrooms, and BBSs
I miss BBSs.
When telecommunication just seemed…cozier.
When telecommunication just seemed…cozier.
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I miss BBSs.
When telecommunication just seemed…cozier.
When telecommunication just seemed…cozier.
BBSs. You're describing BBSs.
Hyperlocal online spaces where everyone knew everyone else and the main attraction was drama. (and game piracy.)
Hyperlocal online spaces where everyone knew everyone else and the main attraction was drama. (and game piracy.)
blogged this week about the internet going from global to local newsletter.bijanstephen.blog/the-internet...
February 15, 2024 at 7:58 PM
BBSs. You're describing BBSs.
Hyperlocal online spaces where everyone knew everyone else and the main attraction was drama. (and game piracy.)
Hyperlocal online spaces where everyone knew everyone else and the main attraction was drama. (and game piracy.)
this is tonight!
i’ll be giving an overview of my research on BBSs, HIV/AIDS technociltures from the 1980s, and asking questions about how we responsibly inherit digital pasts
i’ll be giving an overview of my research on BBSs, HIV/AIDS technociltures from the 1980s, and asking questions about how we responsibly inherit digital pasts
Surviving Online:Computer Networking Histories and Queer Recordkeeping Practice
On January 22nd, at 6 PM ET on zoom @katbamkapow.bsky.social
You need to register in advance (by 5:44 on the 22nd): www.eventbrite.com/e/surviving-...
free, virtual, live captioned
@mcgillarts.bsky.social
On January 22nd, at 6 PM ET on zoom @katbamkapow.bsky.social
You need to register in advance (by 5:44 on the 22nd): www.eventbrite.com/e/surviving-...
free, virtual, live captioned
@mcgillarts.bsky.social
Surviving Online:Computer Networking Histories+Queer Recordkeeping Practice
Dr. Kat Brewster will present Surviving Online: Computer Networking Histories and Queer Recordkeeping Practices. This event will be online.
www.eventbrite.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
this is tonight!
i’ll be giving an overview of my research on BBSs, HIV/AIDS technociltures from the 1980s, and asking questions about how we responsibly inherit digital pasts
i’ll be giving an overview of my research on BBSs, HIV/AIDS technociltures from the 1980s, and asking questions about how we responsibly inherit digital pasts
Oh I started at 14400 baud, calling BBSs
September 22, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Oh I started at 14400 baud, calling BBSs
Drama on BBSs was arguing in slow motion. I'm going to call you a dick on Thurs and maybe you've responded by Saturday lol.
October 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Drama on BBSs was arguing in slow motion. I'm going to call you a dick on Thurs and maybe you've responded by Saturday lol.
I saw someone spamming a shitty “Drumpf lol” poem to like 30 different users, these people never spent time on early-mid 2000s BBSs and it shows
February 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I saw someone spamming a shitty “Drumpf lol” poem to like 30 different users, these people never spent time on early-mid 2000s BBSs and it shows
Bbss saluditos su milf favorita 🔥💦
April 21, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Bbss saluditos su milf favorita 🔥💦
Gods BBSs were my intro to so much everything. I don’t know if I could deal with one now but the memories are still there :)
September 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Gods BBSs were my intro to so much everything. I don’t know if I could deal with one now but the memories are still there :)
Tear down the web and reinstate BBSs
December 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Tear down the web and reinstate BBSs