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There's something about a website being called a "board" that sounds weird. It sounded weird back in the 80s and 90s too, but now that we have the internet and websites, it's even more odd. I assume it's a subculture thing.
You've never heard of a bulletin board? Early forums were electronic versions of them where people could post messages to the bulletin board just like you could pin a message to a physical one.
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It sounded weird back in the 80s and 90s too,
The electronic communicators of the pre-internet era could probably be forgiven for their adoption of real life terms to describe their messaging systems, but is there anyone alive now who doesn't realize the internet is literally a real thing? Voat is a website. It's not an "electronic bulletin board", nor is it a "board".
I'm not saying people don't have the right to membership in peculiar subcultures. I'm just saying people who refer to websites as "a board" sound like people who somehow missed the exit from 1979. When they pop up in 2018, their notably archaic terminology makes them seem lost. You can almost see them pecking away in DOS on their 286 machine in their fake wood paneled 70s era living room. Maybe some don't care, but there may be a few who aren't aware they might as well have pockets full of mothballs.
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[–] Hand_of_Node 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
There's something about a website being called a "board" that sounds weird. It sounded weird back in the 80s and 90s too, but now that we have the internet and websites, it's even more odd. I assume it's a subculture thing.
[–] nobslob 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You've never heard of a bulletin board? Early forums were electronic versions of them where people could post messages to the bulletin board just like you could pin a message to a physical one.
[–] Hand_of_Node ago (edited ago)
The electronic communicators of the pre-internet era could probably be forgiven for their adoption of real life terms to describe their messaging systems, but is there anyone alive now who doesn't realize the internet is literally a real thing? Voat is a website. It's not an "electronic bulletin board", nor is it a "board".
I'm not saying people don't have the right to membership in peculiar subcultures. I'm just saying people who refer to websites as "a board" sound like people who somehow missed the exit from 1979. When they pop up in 2018, their notably archaic terminology makes them seem lost. You can almost see them pecking away in DOS on their 286 machine in their fake wood paneled 70s era living room. Maybe some don't care, but there may be a few who aren't aware they might as well have pockets full of mothballs.
[–] moblodite ago
Most are now called "Social Media"