In 1978, two computer hobbyists wired a machine through a Chicago blizzard and built the online message board that helped create internet forums

A 1978 Chicago snowstorm sparked an innovation: the Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS). Two hobbyists connected a ...
The Verge

Ward Christensen, co-creator of the first online bulletin board, has died.

Christensen was a computer scientist credited with creating the Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS) in 1978, which let users exchange information through a dial-up connection. Although ...
The New York Times

Ward Christensen, Early Visionary of Social Media, Dies at 78

Housebound during a 1978 blizzard, he and a friend began devising the first computer bulletin board, a forerunner of online services like Reddit, TikTok and Facebook. By Cade Metz Ward Christensen, a ...