The whole internet appears to be up in arms about Google Wave. I have to admit that it looks awesome (and I WANT an invite), but the main thing that people are going nuts for is something that I used to use online back in 1995.
The ability to chat with people by typing, in real-time, is not new. Those of us net users that are old enough to remember the many BBS systems that flooded the internet “back in the day” got used to this idea quite some time ago.
These BBS systems still exist and all you need to do access them is get hold of a telnet client and choose from one of the many BBS’ available. I certainly haven’t the inclination to get involved in another social networking environment (even if it’s the ultimate in retro cool) but if you want an education in where facebook, bebo etc evolved from I recommend you head over to this site and get yourself learning!
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