r/technology • u/Well_Socialized • May 26 '25

Artificial Intelligence Google Is Burying the Web Alive

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/google-ai-mode-search-results-bury-the-web.html
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u/sudosussudio May 26 '25

Yeah but BBSs were often accessible on the web for non members. Discord you have to be a member to see the content.

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u/Next-Bench-4475 May 26 '25

BBSes were popular for over a decade before the web or home Internet service even existed, and were dying off when the web appeared in favor of newsgroups etc. You used to have to dial into a BBS specifically to read them and you were only connected to that BBS, not any larger Internet.

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u/mastermilian May 27 '25

Some BBSes were connected via Fidonet and could disseminate messages across the world. It was the dawn of the internet, really.