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Bulletin board systems (BBS) and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) were popular during this time period, and IRC is still widely used today. [1] [2] The WELL, established in 1985, is one of the oldest still-operating online communities. Its name is an acronym for "Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, coined by Stewart Brand, creator of the Whole Earth Catalog.
Chat-Avenue: Adobe Flash and PHP-based chat rooms: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Chatroulette: Two-way live video streaming between random pairs of people No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Chaturbate: Two-way webcam model live video streaming: Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Discord: Group live video streaming and instant messaging: Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ...
The first online system to use the actual command "chat" was created for The Source in 1979 by Tom Walker and Fritz Thane of Dialcom, Inc. [2] Other chat platforms flourished during the 1980s. Among the earliest with a GUI was BroadCast, a Macintosh extension that became especially popular on university campuses in America and Germany. [3]
Without getting into great detail, the Indiana Pacers center confessed his love for the early Internet goldmines. Shout out to @AOL for those chat rooms back in the late '90s. Learned a lot in ...
This is an alphabetic list of defunct instant messaging platforms, showing the name, when it was discontinued and the type of client. AOL Instant Messenger, 1997–2017; aMSN, 2002–2012; BBM, 2005–2019; ChatON, 2011–2015; Emesene, 2013 – MSNP (Microsoft Notification Protocol or Mobile Status Notification Protocol) Empathy; Fetion ...
Overview of defunct social networking services. FFFFOUND! Musicians and music lovers. Matchmaking and personality games. Global, based in France. Discussion forums, sharing photos, links to cultural events in particular cities, the sale of property and job searches. Location-based mobile. In Chinese. Blogging, mobile blogging, photo sharing ...
General for teens. Over 31 communities worldwide. Chat room and user profiles. 2000: 268,000,000 [72] [73] [74] Open to people 13 and older 15,255 [75] HER: Sapphic community app for queer women, non-binary and trans people. Community groups, online events and IRL events. 114 countries. 15 million users. 2015 15,000,000 [76] Open to people 18 ...
WebChat Broadcasting System, or WBS for short, is a virtual community created during the 1990s. Supported by online advertising, it was one of few services at the time to offer free integrated community services including chat rooms, message boards, and free personal web pages. Extremely popular during the mid to late 1990s in the era prior to ...