Re:The web is 30 years old today
by ghaff on Sunday December 20, 2020 @11:50AM
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>Locality has lost on importance
In the BBS era, locality could still matter because of the expense of long distance charges. For quite a long time, a core group on a local BBS I subscribed to would actually get together and socialize semi-regularly.
Re:The web is 30 years old today
by icedchai on Sunday December 20, 2020 @12:18PM
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Yes, we used to do that, too! During the summers we'd have "BBS picnics" and also gatherings a local restaurants. That is one thing I do miss about the old days... the loss of locality.
In the BBS era, locality could still matter because of the expense of long distance charges. For quite a long time, a core group on a local BBS I subscribed to would actually get together and socialize semi-regularly.