First post: A history of online public messaging
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Samuel Morse, who created the binary Morse Code decades before electronic computers were even possible, tapped out, “What hath God wrought?” It was a prophetic first post. The PLATO environment hosted one of the first public message boards, called Discuss. In 1973, Discuss was home to the world’s fi
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- Samuel Morse, who created the binary Morse Code decades before electronic computers were even possible, tapped out, “What hath God wrought?” It was a prophetic first post.
- The PLATO environment hosted one of the first public message boards, called Discuss. In 1973, Discuss was home to the world’s first online free speech controversy, which threatened the future of PLATO itself. Richard Nixon’s firing of the special prosecutor had many Americans talking about impeachment. Stuart Umpleby, a graduate student and PLATO u...
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