Filed under: Fun, Retrocomputing
Uncensored isn't the first BBS I'm covering for DownloadSquad. But this one seems to have some actual users, which makes it interesting for me.
Uncensored bills itself as a "fun alternative to the Information Stupidhighway". See what they did there? Eh? Clever!
What it actually is (as far as I was able to tell) is a very simple messaging system. You don't have to access it via telnet like in the screenshot; there is also a web interface, which is almost equally as bare-bones.
The service is divided into "rooms", and seems surprisingly free of spam. A "room" is actually a message board, but the messages are very short; most of them are one-liners. There are over 30 rooms and oddly enough they had one named "Israel" (I could not find any other country-specific room).
They also offer a "Tasks" module, which seems like a simple way to manage a todo-list. The whole thing is pretty retro-tastic, with no AJAX in sight and barely any images.
Still, I find it remarkable that it exists and that it actually seems to host some intelligent conversation. Quite an interesting little spam-free, ad-free community -- one of numerous tiny villages hidden around the nooks and crannies of the web.
Uncensored is a simple online BBS with intelligent content originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 10 May 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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