The 80s and 90s were the glory days of the BBS. The plain old telephone system was responsible for bringing us connection to other digital beings, along with plenty of spuriously-obtained software and ...

The messaging system that he and a friend created in 1978 was a forerunner of social media services like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. By Cade Metz See more of our coverage in your search ...

Electronic bulletin boards (also known as message boards or as computer forums) are online communication systems where one can share, request, or discuss information on just about any subject. E-mail ...

Christensen and Suess dubbed the system “Ward and Randy’s Computerized Bulletin Board System,” or CBBS. It was, as the name suggested, an electronic version of the community bulletin boards that you ...

Soon a strong and local community of BBS'ers had emerged, and as their numbers grew, signs that a big shift was about to occur were popping up. Group chat had always been a big feature of early ...

It's a sad week if you've ever posted on a social network or an internet forum. Randy Suess, the creator of the software for first online public bulletin board, died on December 10th at the age of 74.