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I had created my first account on Orkut when l was 16 or 17, or maybe 18. And that was how my journey began on social media. Now of course, Orkut doesn't exist. Which had been your first social media account, and when had you started it ??πŸ€”πŸ€”πŸ€”πŸ€”πŸ€” (multiverse.soulism.net)
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[–] 11 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Does posting on BBS count as 'social media'? Asking for a friend.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Could you please elaborate what is BBS ??πŸ€”πŸ€”πŸ€”

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago* (3 children)

    BBS. My bad, I should have added a link. But I insist: I'm not that old, I'm only asking for a friend πŸ˜‡

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    WOW 😲😲 So it was used way back in the 70s ??πŸ€”πŸ€”πŸ€”

    We need to go back to these basics, considering how the big corps are tightening their noose around our neck.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I only started using it in the early to mid-80s myself, but yeah its kinda getting old... a bit like me, as a matter of fact ;)

    We need to go back to these basics, considering how the big corps are tightening their noose around our neck.

    I would love to see a lot of young people agree with you, but it's already so late I'm not even sure it's still possible to massively move back to a pre corporate-owned tech. People have been taught to expect convenience above anything else... it will be hard work to change that... which doesn't go along very well with the idea of convenience.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Totally counts my man. In the early-mid '00s my wife and I were stationed in Germany and she knew no one so I hatched a plan. I registered a domain, set up a basic BBS, and we had business cards printed out with her name, email, and the address. Anytime she ran into another mom at the commissary, px, or just around base she would pass them out and organize a playgroup. From what I've heard it is still around, it just moved to Facebook.

    She really got out of her shell and she organized a ton of playgroups (reserving community centers or organizing backups in case of bad weather). It was called K-Town Moms (the K was for Kaiserslautern). Good times and fond memories.

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