The First Social Network
Creating Virtual Communities
Today in 1978, the first public dial-up Bulletin Board System, the Computerized Bulletin Board System, or CBBS, went online.
Before the advent of the Web, Bulletin Board Systems served as the primary vehicle for creating online communities or, to use a later term, social networks. CCBS was developed by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess and reportedly conn…
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