Re:An 80s Girl Talks About Computers: A Reminiscence
by ghaff on Thursday August 17, 2017 @05:00PM
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Funny you mention the BBS scene. There was a period (probably late 80s) when I was pretty involved with a large local commercial BBS. And we did a bit of socializing together. I imagine it skewed male but my recollection is that it wasn't overwhelmingly male.
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Re:An 80s Girl Talks About Computers: A Reminiscence
by nsxwolf on Thursday August 17, 2017 @06:27PM
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I wonder if it being a commercial BBS had something to do with the demographics?
The underground/hacker/warez boards were pretty male.
Re:An 80s Girl Talks About Computers: A Reminiscence
by ghaff on Thursday August 17, 2017 @06:35PM
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Maybe. This was a subscription local BBS as opposed to a commercial service like CIS. But the main board wasn't really an underground/hacker/warez demographic. As I recall it was a pretty civilized atmosphere. Also was definitely post-teenager demographic.