Subj : Re: Computers
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Aug 01 2024 13:07:50

  Re: Re: Computers
  By: Nightfox to tenser on Thu Aug 01 2024 09:32 am

 > The web was already a thing when I started using the internet (in late 1995)
 > but I don't recall seeing discussion boards come around until years later.


Man, Yahoo! groups was a thing, wasn't it? With a few minutes work you could set up a community on the web, customize a landing page, have a mailing list attached to it, and create file libraries. I personally ran a router support group, a camera community, and probably participated in 10-12 groups, mostly via email.

This was when email was the "killer app".
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