Before Feeds, There Were Chat Rooms
In short: From MIT's time-sharing system to CompuServe's CB Simulator, IRC channels and Yahoo's public rooms, a short history of when much of online chat meant joining a room.
A 2:07 short film in the series “Being Social Online”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: WIRED (Condé Nast), “Sept. 24, 1979: First Online Service for Consumers Debuts”; nosher.net, “CompuServe advert: Thanks to CompuServe's CB Simulator, 'Digital Fox' Accessed 'Data Hari' and Proceeded to an 'Altared' State”; BBC News, “Yahoo to axe public-chat rooms feature”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Chat room | History, Technology, & Facts | Britannica”; World of Chat (worldofchat.co.uk), “Chat Room Popularity Over Time: The Rise, Peak, and Decline of Online Chat Platforms”.
Sources used in this film
- WIRED (Condé Nast) — Sept. 24, 1979: First Online Service for Consumers Debuts · View →
- nosher.net — CompuServe advert: Thanks to CompuServe's CB Simulator, 'Digital Fox' Accessed 'Data Hari' and Proceeded to an 'Altared' State · View →
- BBC News — Yahoo to axe public-chat rooms feature · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Chat room | History, Technology, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- World of Chat (worldofchat.co.uk) — Chat Room Popularity Over Time: The Rise, Peak, and Decline of Online Chat Platforms · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: WIRED (Condé Nast): Sept. 24, 1979: First Online Service for Consumers Debuts
- Also: nosher.net: CompuServe advert: Thanks to CompuServe's CB Simulator, 'Digital Fox' Accessed 'Data Hari' and Proceeded to an 'Altared' State
- Also: BBC News: Yahoo to axe public-chat rooms feature
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Chat room | History, Technology, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: World of Chat (worldofchat.co.uk): Chat Room Popularity Over Time: The Rise, Peak, and Decline of Online Chat Platforms
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