[dwyer]

It's worth noting that there's a Taiwanese BBS established in 1995 that's still extremely popular, with "over 150,000 users online during peak hours" according to Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTT_Bulletin_Board_System

Interestingly, none of my friends that use it know what Telnet is. It's almost exclusively accessed through unofficial dedicated smartphone apps.

[contingencies]

Interesting, I'd never heard of that. Apparently runs on FreeBSD. Will be checking it out when less active. Right now too many guest users online so can't log in...