Social Media & Online Communities · Recorded milestone
Dial-up bulletin board
Recorded year1978
Ward Christensen and Randy Suess's CBBS in Chicago lets home computer users dial in by phone to post and read messages.
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.