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yourapostasytoday at 3:48 PM1 replyview on HN

> ...nothing replaces the camraderie of the small, local BBSs.

Nothing quite replaces the drama level and drama complexity of the small, local BBSs. Especially when the denizens met in the big room with the blue ceiling.


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mrexcesstoday at 5:10 PM

Disagree only in the sense that I think the drama escalated a bit in the interregnum, as the BBS scene merged into one large if fragmentary collective on the internet. Empirical evidence for that extreme level of drama and complexity here:

https://www.wired.com/2001/12/sexchart-degrees-of-separation