Timeline: The evolution of online communities (1 Viewer)

[grateful zed]

July 15, 2009 (Computerworld) In the hyperactive online venues of today, it's easy to forget that online communities got started back when ABBA was cranking out hits. True, these early efforts didn't much resemble Facebook or Ning, but they were communities nonetheless. Here's how online communities have evolved.

Timeline: The evolution of online communities

Think Facebook is the ne plus ultra of online communities? Let's not forget about e-mail discussion lists, chat rooms, BBSs, Usenet groups, MUDs and all the other types of online communities that helped us get where we are today.

www.computerworld.com

 

[grateful zed]

it would be nice to see a timeline of ff internet milestones.

 

[Galileo]

Hmmm...I somehow missed the Ning craze. Never heard of it.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

it would be nice to see a timeline of ff internet milestones.

I know Captain Kirk invented the flip phone.

 

[Soootch]

I’ll never forget alt.aol-sucks. The coolest place on the ‘net back in the mid-late 90’s.

 

[MTskibum]

I scanned the article and did not see ICQ mentioned, that mean the whole article can be dismissed.

 

[Soootch]

I scanned the article and did not see ICQ mentioned, that mean the whole article can be dismissed.

Wasn’t that more of a chat app?

 

[culdeus]

I scanned the article and did not see ICQ mentioned, that mean the whole article can be dismissed.

Wasn’t that more of a chat app?

Icq was more like telegram than a chat app. Was basically the only group messenger app until sms took off (without group support) and replaced it for some reason.

 

[E Street Brat]

Nerds

 

[grateful zed]

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