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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 Usenet resembles a [[BBS|bulletin board system]] (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as [[BoyChat]] and other boards that are widely used today, the most prominent being [[alt.support.boylover]]. While both these forms of communication had existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during this period. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated which meant that boylovers were free to discuss 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. | 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 boards that are widely used today, the most prominent being [[alt.support.boylover]]. While both these forms of communication had existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during this period. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated which meant that boylovers were free to discuss 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. | ||
==Websites from 1994== | ==Websites from 1994== | ||
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The World Wide Web went online in 1991[1] 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".[2] At that point in history, boylover's were not as alienated from the 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 Internet Relay Chat and the Usenet which featured, "newsgroups". The Usenet resembles a bulletin board system (BBS) in many respects, and is the precursor to Internet forums such as BoyChat and other boards that are widely used today, the most prominent being alt.support.boylover. While both these forms of communication had existed prior to this time, they experienced an enormous increase in use during this period. Unlike the pay services, these forms of communication were largely unmoderated which meant that boylovers were free to discuss 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.
Websites from 1994
- Kasper's Free Spirits
- Uncle Chuck's toy chest
- Johnny Proudly Presents [3]
Latter websites
I remember that IceBoy had a site but not the name
I remember Bristol had a couple sites but not the names other then the original Freedom Board.
I vaguely remember Tygyrnet
