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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Back then people connected to BBSes via dial-up [modems](modem.md) and connectin
A BBS was usually focused on a certain topic such as technology, fantasy [roleplay](rolaplay.md), dating, [warez](warez.md) etc., they would typically greet the users with a custom themed [ANSI art](ansi_art.md) welcome page upon login -- it was pretty cool. BBSes were used to share [plain text](plain_text.md) files of all sorts, be it [shareware](shareware.md) versions of games, [anarchist](anarchism.md) writings, computer manuals, poetry or recipes. It really was a HUGE thing, you can dig up a lot of fun and obscure material by searching for BBS stuff -- http://textfiles.com is one place that gathers tons and tons of plain text files that were shared on these networks; searching and downloading files was just one favorite activity and obsession of BSS users (there is a very funny text "confession" of a chronic BBS downloader called `dljunkie.txt`, look that up, it's funny as hell).
{ There's some documentary on BBS that's upposed to give you an insight into this shit, called literally *BBS: The documentary*. It's about 5 hours long tho. ~drummyfish }
{ There's some documentary on BBS that's supposed to give you an insight into this shit, called literally *BBS: The documentary*. It's about 5 hours long tho. ~drummyfish }
Considerable part of BBS community **frowned upon anonymity** (see e.g. http://textfiles.com/law/ethics.txt), a rule of some BBSes was that you had to use your real life info like name and address to communicate with others, some even advised against using handles. You met real, non-hiding humans back then, not some anonymous furry they/thems faggot who is scared to even tell you what continent he lives on. Of course, no one probably even considered any encrypted connection back then. This show that today's [privacy](privacy.md) hysteria is a [bullshit](bullshit.md), it's sad that today you'll see the exact opposite -- sites that PROHIBIT use of real life credentials. The world is fucked up now.