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[–] nobslob 0 points 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.

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[–] Hand_of_Node ago  (edited ago)

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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[–] nobslob ago 

I'm old enough to understand what an electronic bulletin board is, I was alive before the internet even existed. I'm also a tech nerd, and was using dial up local bulletin board systems in the early 90's. There's nothing wrong with the term. Use forum instead if board gets your panties in a bunch.

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[–] snowdenisaspook [S] ago 

Also, if I'm correct and I'm only guessing, those early "bulletin boards" online were also the internet. I am assuming that even then whatever groups were online had to be using some kind of dial up land line. Which means it was still the internet back then even though most people had never heard of it until the World Wide Web comes about to integrate all of the smaller networks that must have existed even then. Still, just guessing. I wasn't some cool 80's/90''s hacker. But good to know that Twitter and fb aren't the only places with complete dicks that try to insult you when all you're trying to say is "Hey, the faster the info is shared, the faster everyone knows the truth." Also, mothballs, pretty sure that's a timeless quality going all of the way back to Paul Revere. In this country at least.

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[–] snowdenisaspook [S] ago 

Thanks for the history. I wasn't online in the 80's or 90's Sure Voat is a website. The www gives it away. I personally have no idea what to call these forums. I never used the chans or voat for anything other than reading. All I am saying is that people need to communicate on these subs and to the right of this comment right now is a section called Q boards. Since social media is ridiculous for any communication all I was saying was that these "websites" become powerful ways of passing information. But thanks for being a dick. Also, I have no idea what a 286 machine is. Maybe you're the one with mothballs.