In the 80s, my nerdy friends were already having LAN parties and some of them set up BBS’s over spare land lines, which were sort of like an early social media just for your immediate friend group but not connected globally or anything.
Fast forward to the present day, and one of said friends invited me to a discord that was modelled after his old BBS. It’s actually active and fun to catch up with everyone who’s found their way back.
Social media in general.
Watching a lot of stuff from the era, it seemed to completely miss the mark on how social media as a concept would work.
In the 80s, my nerdy friends were already having LAN parties and some of them set up BBS’s over spare land lines, which were sort of like an early social media just for your immediate friend group but not connected globally or anything.
Fast forward to the present day, and one of said friends invited me to a discord that was modelled after his old BBS. It’s actually active and fun to catch up with everyone who’s found their way back.