Sunday, March 11, 2007
Tech Tip 116 - Demystifying Social Networks
It wasn’t so long ago that bulletin board systems (“BBSes”) were all the rage. Offered free of charge by hobbyists or as part of subscription services by dial-up Internet service providers such as CompuServe, BBSes were the true precursors to MySpace. Members met people in their communities, participated in message board discussions, published articles, downloaded software (shareware, freeware, and pirated) and played games. By the late 1990s, however, BBSes were all but defunct, replaced by the newer, hipper and easier-to-use social networks.
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