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Tag: online-community

Usenet and the Decentralized Conversation Network

Tom Truscott, Jim Ellis and collaborators built Usenet from Unix, UUCP and dial-up telephone links, creating a decentralized discussion network whose newsgroups became one of the earliest large online communities.

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PLATO and the Networked Classroom That Became an Online Community

The University of Illinois PLATO system combined computer-based lessons with plasma displays, touch input, messaging, forums, chat and multiplayer games, anticipating both educational software and online social life.

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