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The Importance of Community in the BBS Age

At their peak, in the early 90s, there were thousands of BBSs all over the United States. The internet arrived and brought the BBS era to an end. Edwards says that opened up an even bigger world to teenagers like him. But he also thinks that something valuable got lost along the way - a genuine sense of community.

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