What was the idea behind it all
2007-01-01 01:15:02 · 6 answers · asked by Tower Of Strength 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
first there were bulletin boards
then there were news groups (basically threaded email)
chat rooms are basically real time news groups although they use a different protocol - IRC instead of NNTP
its all about communicating with other people
2007-01-01 01:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by Ivanhoe Fats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it all started with a thing called "prodigy". I wasn't the inventor but I was one of the first several hundred users. My dad had a tandy computer. It was a lot of fun and the graphics were crappy. TWO colors, blue and yellow, for the whole screen.
Evertything else was pretty much the same though. Scrolling chatrooms. There were only a couple of rooms though and most people knew each other from earlier chats. It's weird that we feel a need to chat on the pc at all!
2007-01-01 01:21:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
two guys in a room, one starts to chat!
2007-01-01 01:21:21 · answer #3 · answered by matthewlary 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well .. it all happend that fast , that no one had to think back why they wanted to chat online.. Itz just "how it is"!! Enjoy life. Have fun... Chat around!!
2007-01-01 01:29:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Telephone conferencing bridges.
2007-01-01 01:19:46 · answer #5 · answered by Bill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
guys figured out you could actually pick up women using the internet
2007-01-01 01:19:38 · answer #6 · answered by jscalice292 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋