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Markus Feilner :verified: (mfeilner@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 08:52:09 JST Markus Feilner :verified:

Anybody here to remember the world's first social network? Way before BBS, there was...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talkomatic
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  Talkomatic
  
  Talkomatic was an online chat system that facilitates real-time text communication among a small group of people. Each participant in Talkomatic has their own section of the screen, broadcasting messages letter-by-letter as they are typed. This interaction is dissimilar from present-day chat systems and is based upon work done in 1973 at the University of Illinois on the PLATO system by Doug Brown and David R. Woolley. This work is part of a conservation effort aimed at preserving historically significant works and their descendants. The original Talkomatic can be seen operating as it did in the 1970s on the CYBIS system operated by cyber1.org. History The original Talkomatic was the first multi-user online chat system, with the possible exception of the Party Line function of the Emergency Management Information Systems And Reference Index (EMISARI) system, created for the US Office of Emergency Preparedness by Murray Turoff in 1971. Talkomatic was created by Doug Brown and David R. Woolley in 1973 on the PLATO System at the University of Illinois. It offered six channels (the analog of a "room"), which could each hold up to five...
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  Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 08:52:09 JST Evan Prodromou
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  @mfeilner Was it really a social networking platform? I'd only use that term if it reifies relationships between people and groups. I'd call a chat system "social software".
  
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  Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 08:58:46 JST Evan Prodromou
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  @mfeilner I think "social media" is an even finer distinction! I would only use it for the creation of media objects (text, images, video, audio) and distribution through social networks. So, definitely not a chat system -- where the media objects are ephemeral.
  
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  Markus Feilner :verified: (mfeilner@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 08:58:47 JST Markus Feilner :verified:
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  @evan .... but the ELDERS of the internet claim so ... I found it here... it's the first "social media" ...
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_social_media
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    Timeline of social media
    
    This page is a timeline of social media. Major launches, milestones, and other major events are included. Overview Timeline (*) Such launches are not initial launches, but rather relaunches. See also Timeline of Facebook Timeline of Instagram Timeline of LinkedIn Timeline of Pinterest Timeline of Snapchat Timeline of TwitterReferences

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