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Other BL sites from the early days of the WWW

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	* Tboy's Home Page (<nowiki>http://www.funpals.com</nowiki>)		* Tboy's Home Page (<nowiki>http://www.funpals.com</nowiki>)
	* Top Kid Fashion Show (<nowiki>http://www.at-taiwan.com/~vir00057/</nowiki>)		* Top Kid Fashion Show (<nowiki>http://www.at-taiwan.com/~vir00057/</nowiki>)
	* Tristan's Place (<nowiki>http://www.tristan.org</nowiki>)		* Tristan's Place (<nowiki>http://www.tristan.org</nowiki>)
	* Tygyr's Home Page (<nowiki>http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4402/TygyrNet.html</nowiki>)
	* Uncle Chuck's Toychest (<nowiki>http://www.pebbs.com/sevvin/</nowiki>)		* Uncle Chuck's Toychest (<nowiki>http://www.pebbs.com/sevvin/</nowiki>)
	* www.far.nu/01boy <ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435821.htm</ref> <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20060220010704/http://www.far.nu/01boy/home/ </ref>		* www.far.nu/01boy <ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435821.htm</ref> <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20060220010704/http://www.far.nu/01boy/home/ </ref>

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	The World Wide Web went online in 1991<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web</ref> and by 1993 was gaining momentum. Prior to this, pay-based online services such as America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, and GEnie dominated the market. These services offered a chat feature sometimes called "''chat rooms''".<ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435851.htm</ref> At that time, [[boylover]]s were not rejected by the [[Homosexuality\|gay community]], as is the case today. Boylovers often frequented gay chat rooms, eventually meeting and developing friendships with other like-minded individuals. By 1994, many of the users of the pay-based internet services had began to migrate to the World Wide Web, as it was much less expensive. Many boylovers ~~at that time~~ who had been used to communicating in chat rooms discovered [[IRC\|Internet Relay Chat]] and [[Online_boylove_community#Usenet\|Usenet]] which featured "''newsgroups''".		The World Wide Web went online in 1991<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web</ref> and by 1993 was gaining momentum. Prior to this, pay-based online services such as America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, and GEnie dominated the market. These services offered a chat feature sometimes called "''chat rooms''".<ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435851.htm</ref> At that time, [[boylover]]s were not rejected by the [[Homosexuality\|gay community]], as is the case today. Boylovers often frequented gay chat rooms, eventually meeting and developing friendships with other like-minded individuals. By 1994, many of the users of the pay-based internet services had began to migrate to the World Wide Web, as it was much less expensive. Many boylovers who had been used to communicating in chat rooms discovered [[IRC\|Internet Relay Chat]] and [[Online_boylove_community#Usenet\|Usenet]] which featured "''newsgroups''".

	The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today~~, the~~ most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time was [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary'' groups which showed horrific images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The newsgroups that were popular with boylovers such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'' showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.		The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today. The most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time was [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary'' (non-text, i.e. pictures or music) groups which showed horrific images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The newsgroups that were popular with boylovers, such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'', showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.

	While both Usenet and IRC existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during the period between 1994 to 1996. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated, which meant that boylovers were free to discuss their interests and concerns with no [[censorship]]. At that time, one of the most popular IRC channel (chat room) was called #ASBL. Most, if not all, of the original pioneering boylove webpages and sites on the new World Wide Web were created by users from that IRC channel. Most of the boylove sites from the early days of the web featured "picture galleries", some featured [[nudist]] images, but most showed candid pictures of boys doing boy things, unlike the posed/modeled images that are sometimes featured on webpages today.		While both Usenet and IRC existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during the period between 1994 to 1996. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated, which meant that boylovers were free to discuss their interests and concerns with no [[censorship]]. At that time, one of the most popular IRC channel (chat room) was called #ASBL. Most, if not all, of the original pioneering boylove webpages and sites on the new World Wide Web were created by users from that IRC channel. Most of the boylove sites from the early days of the web featured "picture galleries", some featured [[nudist]] images, but most showed candid pictures of boys doing boy things, unlike the posed/modeled images that are sometimes featured on webpages today.

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	The World Wide Web went online in 1991<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web</ref> and by 1993 was gaining momentum. Prior to this, pay-based online services such as America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, and GEnie dominated the market. These services offered a chat feature sometimes called "''chat rooms''".<ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435851.htm</ref> At that time, [[boylover]]s were not ~~as alienated from~~ the [[Homosexuality\|gay community]], as is the case today. Boylovers often frequented gay chat rooms, eventually meeting and developing friendships with other like-minded individuals. By 1994, many of the users of the pay based internet services had began to migrate to the World Wide Web, as it was much less expensive. Many boylovers at that time who had been used to communicating in chat rooms discovered [[IRC\|Internet Relay Chat]] and [[Online_boylove_community#Usenet\|Usenet]] which featured "''newsgroups''".		The World Wide Web went online in 1991<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web</ref> and by 1993 was gaining momentum. Prior to this, pay-based online services such as America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, and GEnie dominated the market. These services offered a chat feature sometimes called "''chat rooms''".<ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435851.htm</ref> At that time, [[boylover]]s were not rejected by the [[Homosexuality\|gay community]], as is the case today. Boylovers often frequented gay chat rooms, eventually meeting and developing friendships with other like-minded individuals. By 1994, many of the users of the pay-based internet services had began to migrate to the World Wide Web, as it was much less expensive. Many boylovers at that time who had been used to communicating in chat rooms discovered [[IRC\|Internet Relay Chat]] and [[Online_boylove_community#Usenet\|Usenet]] which featured "''newsgroups''".

	The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today, the most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time was [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary'' groups which showed horrific images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The newsgroups that were popular with boylovers such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'' showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.		The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today, the most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time was [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary'' groups which showed horrific images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The newsgroups that were popular with boylovers such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'' showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.

	While both Usenet and IRC ~~had~~ existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during the period between 1994 to 1996. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated, which meant that boylovers were free to discuss their interests and concerns with no [[censorship]]. At that time, one of the most popular IRC channel (chat room) was called #ASBL. Most, if not all, of the original pioneering boylove webpages and sites on the new World-Wide Web were created by users from that IRC channel. Most of the boylove sites from the early days of the web featured "picture galleries", some featured [[nudist]] images, but most showed candid pictures of boys doing boy things, unlike the posed/modeled images that are sometimes featured on webpages today.		While both Usenet and IRC existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during the period between 1994 to 1996. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated, which meant that boylovers were free to discuss their interests and concerns with no [[censorship]]. At that time, one of the most popular IRC channel (chat room) was called #ASBL. Most, if not all, of the original pioneering boylove webpages and sites on the new World Wide Web were created by users from that IRC channel. Most of the boylove sites from the early days of the web featured "picture galleries", some featured [[nudist]] images, but most showed candid pictures of boys doing boy things, unlike the posed/modeled images that are sometimes featured on webpages today.

	==Websites from 1994 - 1996==		==Websites from 1994 - 1996==

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Editorial

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	The World Wide Web went online in 1991<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web</ref> and by 1993 was gaining momentum. Prior to this, pay-based online services~~, like,~~ America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, and GEnie dominated the market. These services offered a chat feature sometimes called, "''chat rooms''".<ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435851.htm</ref> At that ~~point in history~~, [[boylover]]'s were not as alienated from the [[Homosexuality\|gay community]], as is the case today. Boylovers often frequented gay chat rooms, eventually meeting and developing friendships with other like-minded individuals. By 1994, many of the users of the pay based internet services had began to migrate to the World Wide Web, as it was much less expensive. Many boylovers at that time who had been used to communicating in chat rooms discovered [[IRC\|Internet Relay Chat]] and ~~the~~ [[Online_boylove_community#Usenet\|Usenet]] which featured, "''newsgroups''".		The World Wide Web went online in 1991<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web</ref> and by 1993 was gaining momentum. Prior to this, pay-based online services such as America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, and GEnie dominated the market. These services offered a chat feature sometimes called "''chat rooms''".<ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435851.htm</ref> At that time, [[boylover]]s were not as alienated from the [[Homosexuality\|gay community]], as is the case today. Boylovers often frequented gay chat rooms, eventually meeting and developing friendships with other like-minded individuals. By 1994, many of the users of the pay based internet services had began to migrate to the World Wide Web, as it was much less expensive. Many boylovers at that time who had been used to communicating in chat rooms discovered [[IRC\|Internet Relay Chat]] and [[Online_boylove_community#Usenet\|Usenet]] which featured "''newsgroups''".

	The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today, the most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time ~~being,~~ [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary ~~groups~~'' which showed ~~very honorific~~ images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The newsgroups that were popular with boylovers such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'' showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.		The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today, the most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time was [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary'' groups which showed horrific images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The newsgroups that were popular with boylovers such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'' showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.

	While both ~~the~~ Usenet and IRC had existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during the period between 1994 to 1996. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated which meant that boylovers were free to discuss their interests and concerns ~~free from~~ [[censorship]]. At that time, one of the most popular IRC channel (chat room) was called #ASBL. Most, if not all, of the original pioneering boylove webpages and sites on the new ~~WWW~~ were created by users from that IRC channel. Most of the boylove sites from the early days of the web featured "picture galleries", some featured [[nudist]] images but most showed candid pictures of boys doing boy things, unlike the posed/modeled images that are sometimes featured on webpages today.		While both Usenet and IRC had existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during the period between 1994 to 1996. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated, which meant that boylovers were free to discuss their interests and concerns with no [[censorship]]. At that time, one of the most popular IRC channel (chat room) was called #ASBL. Most, if not all, of the original pioneering boylove webpages and sites on the new World-Wide Web were created by users from that IRC channel. Most of the boylove sites from the early days of the web featured "picture galleries", some featured [[nudist]] images, but most showed candid pictures of boys doing boy things, unlike the posed/modeled images that are sometimes featured on webpages today.

	==Websites from 1994 - 1996==		==Websites from 1994 - 1996==

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Other BL sites from the early days of the WWW: several of these pages are archived

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	==Other BL sites from the early days of the WWW==		==Other BL sites from the early days of the WWW==

	* Hooky's Pirate Cave (<nowiki>http://www.milkwood.demon.co.uk</nowiki>)		* Hooky's Pirate Cave (<nowiki>http://www.milkwood.demon.co.uk</nowiki>) <nowiki>[</nowiki>[https://web.archive.org/web/19970601055018/http://www.milkwood.demon.co.uk/ archive]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
	* Pige's Page (<nowiki>http://www.worldaccess.nl/~pige/</nowiki>)		* Pige's Page (<nowiki>http://www.worldaccess.nl/~pige/</nowiki>)
	* The Blueboy Gallery of Boy Photos (<nowiki>http://www.pebbs.com/blueboy/</nowiki>)		* The Blueboy Gallery of Boy Photos (<nowiki>http://www.pebbs.com/blueboy/</nowiki>) <nowiki>[</nowiki>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020205221130/http://www.alphahost.com/blueboy/ archive]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
	* Boys...(<nowiki>http://www.digiweb.com/~deepend/boys.html</nowiki>)		* Boys...(<nowiki>http://www.digiweb.com/~deepend/boys.html</nowiki>)
	* Chris' Humble Home Page (<nowiki>http://www.pebbs.com/chris/boys/index.html</nowiki>)		* Chris' Humble Home Page (<nowiki>http://www.pebbs.com/chris/boys/index.html</nowiki>)

Etenne at 13:18, 23 April 2015

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	The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today, the most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time being, [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary groups'' which showed very honorific images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The newsgroups that were popular with boylovers such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'' showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.		The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today, the most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time being, [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary groups'' which showed very honorific images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The newsgroups that were popular with boylovers such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'' showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.

	While both the Usenet and IRC had existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during the period between 1994 to 1996. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated which meant that boylovers were free to discuss their interests and concerns free from [[censorship]]. At that time, one of the most popular IRC ~~channels~~ (chat room) ~~was on Efnet and~~ was called #ASBL. Most, if not all, of the original pioneering boylove webpages and sites on the new WWW were created by users from that IRC channel. Most of the boylove sites from the early days of the web featured "picture galleries", some featured [[nudist]] images but most showed candid pictures of boys doing boy things, unlike the posed/modeled images that are sometimes featured on webpages today.		While both the Usenet and IRC had existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during the period between 1994 to 1996. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated which meant that boylovers were free to discuss their interests and concerns free from [[censorship]]. At that time, one of the most popular IRC channel (chat room) was called #ASBL. Most, if not all, of the original pioneering boylove webpages and sites on the new WWW were created by users from that IRC channel. Most of the boylove sites from the early days of the web featured "picture galleries", some featured [[nudist]] images but most showed candid pictures of boys doing boy things, unlike the posed/modeled images that are sometimes featured on webpages today.

	==Websites from 1994 - 1996==		==Websites from 1994 - 1996==

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	The World Wide Web went online in 1991<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web</ref> and by 1993 was gaining momentum. Prior to this, pay-based online services, like, America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, and GEnie dominated the market. These services offered a chat feature sometimes called, "''chat rooms''".<ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435851.htm</ref> At that point in history, [[boylover]]'s were not as alienated from the [[Homosexuality\|gay community]], as is the case today. Boylovers often frequented gay chat rooms, eventually meeting and developing friendships with other like-minded individuals. By 1994, many of the users of the pay based internet services had began to migrate to the World Wide Web, as it was much less expensive. Many boylovers at that time who had been ~~use~~ to communicating in chat rooms discovered [[IRC\|Internet Relay Chat]] and the [[Online_boylove_community#Usenet\|Usenet]] which featured, "''newsgroups''".		The World Wide Web went online in 1991<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web</ref> and by 1993 was gaining momentum. Prior to this, pay-based online services, like, America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, and GEnie dominated the market. These services offered a chat feature sometimes called, "''chat rooms''".<ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435851.htm</ref> At that point in history, [[boylover]]'s were not as alienated from the [[Homosexuality\|gay community]], as is the case today. Boylovers often frequented gay chat rooms, eventually meeting and developing friendships with other like-minded individuals. By 1994, many of the users of the pay based internet services had began to migrate to the World Wide Web, as it was much less expensive. Many boylovers at that time who had been used to communicating in chat rooms discovered [[IRC\|Internet Relay Chat]] and the [[Online_boylove_community#Usenet\|Usenet]] which featured, "''newsgroups''".

	The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today, the most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time being, [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary groups'' which showed very honorific images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The newsgroups that were popular with boylovers such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'' showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.		The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today, the most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time being, [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary groups'' which showed very honorific images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The newsgroups that were popular with boylovers such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'' showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.

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Other sites from the early days of the WWW

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	* The Blueboy Gallery of Boy Photos <ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435925.htm</ref>		* The Blueboy Gallery of Boy Photos <ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435925.htm</ref>

	==Other sites from the early days of the WWW==		==Other BL sites from the early days of the WWW==

	* Hooky's Pirate Cave (<nowiki>http://www.milkwood.demon.co.uk</nowiki>)		* Hooky's Pirate Cave (<nowiki>http://www.milkwood.demon.co.uk</nowiki>)

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Latter websites

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	* The Blueboy Gallery of Boy Photos <ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435925.htm</ref>		* The Blueboy Gallery of Boy Photos <ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435925.htm</ref>

	==~~Latter websites~~==		==Other sites from the early days of the WWW==




	* Hooky's Pirate Cave (<nowiki>http://www.milkwood.demon.co.uk</nowiki>)		* Hooky's Pirate Cave (<nowiki>http://www.milkwood.demon.co.uk</nowiki>)

Etenne at 11:53, 23 April 2015

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	The World Wide Web went online in 1991<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web</ref> and by 1993 was gaining momentum. Prior to this, pay-based online services, like, America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, and GEnie dominated the market. These services offered a chat feature sometimes called, "''chat rooms''".<ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435851.htm</ref> At that point in history, [[boylover]]'s were not as alienated from the [[Homosexuality\|gay community]], as is the case today. Boylovers often frequented gay chat rooms, eventually meeting and developing friendships with other like-minded individuals. By 1994, many of the users of the pay based internet services had began to migrate to the World Wide Web, as it was much less expensive. Many boylovers at that time who had been use to communicating in chat rooms discovered [[IRC\|Internet Relay Chat]] and the [[Online_boylove_community#Usenet\|Usenet]] which featured, "''newsgroups''".		The World Wide Web went online in 1991<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web</ref> and by 1993 was gaining momentum. Prior to this, pay-based online services, like, America Online, Prodigy, CompuServe, and GEnie dominated the market. These services offered a chat feature sometimes called, "''chat rooms''".<ref>http://www.boychat.org/messages/1435851.htm</ref> At that point in history, [[boylover]]'s were not as alienated from the [[Homosexuality\|gay community]], as is the case today. Boylovers often frequented gay chat rooms, eventually meeting and developing friendships with other like-minded individuals. By 1994, many of the users of the pay based internet services had began to migrate to the World Wide Web, as it was much less expensive. Many boylovers at that time who had been use to communicating in chat rooms discovered [[IRC\|Internet Relay Chat]] and the [[Online_boylove_community#Usenet\|Usenet]] which featured, "''newsgroups''".

	The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today, the most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time being, [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary groups'' which showed very honorific images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The ~~newsgroup~~ that were popular with boylovers such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'' showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.		The Usenet resembles a [[BBS\|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other [[Message board\|web message boards]] that are widely used today, the most prominent boylove newsgroup at that time being, [[alt.support.boylover]]. It should also be noted that there were newsgroups in the ''alt.binary groups'' which showed very honorific images of children, most often girls but sometimes boys, being tortured and abused. The newsgroups that were popular with boylovers such as ''alt.binary.pictures.boys'' showed images of boys playing sports and other activities, as well as some light nudist imagery.

	While both the Usenet and IRC had existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during the period between 1994 to 1996. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated which meant that boylovers were free to discuss their interests and concerns free from [[censorship]]. At that time, one of the most popular IRC channels (chat room) was on Efnet and was called #ASBL. Most, if not all, of the original pioneering boylove webpages and sites on the new WWW were created by users from that IRC channel. Most of the boylove sites from the early days of the web featured "picture galleries", some featured [[nudist]] images but most showed candid pictures of boys doing boy things, unlike the posed/modeled images that are sometimes featured on webpages today.		While both the Usenet and IRC had existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during the period between 1994 to 1996. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated which meant that boylovers were free to discuss their interests and concerns free from [[censorship]]. At that time, one of the most popular IRC channels (chat room) was on Efnet and was called #ASBL. Most, if not all, of the original pioneering boylove webpages and sites on the new WWW were created by users from that IRC channel. Most of the boylove sites from the early days of the web featured "picture galleries", some featured [[nudist]] images but most showed candid pictures of boys doing boy things, unlike the posed/modeled images that are sometimes featured on webpages today.