So, we had a pretty good connection to the BBS systems, the bulletin board systems, back then.

所以我们有一个很好的BBC网络系统，就布告栏系统。

To go online you had to connect your computer to a phone line and dial something called a BBS.

要上网，您必须将计算机连接到话线并拨打称为 BBS 的话。

So you tended to stick to the BBSs in your area code.

所以你倾向于坚持使用区号中的 BBS。

But then the internet arrived and brought the BBS era to an end.

但后来互联网的到来， 结束了 BBS 代。

The genuine sense of community that came with the BBS era.

BBS 代带来的真正的社区意识。

At their peak, in the early '90s, there were thousands of BBSs all over the United States.

在 90 年代初的鼎盛期， 全美各地有数千个 BBS。

Edwards says the BBSs often built up a group of regular callers and they had a local feel to them.

爱德华兹说， BBS 经常建立起一群常来者， 而且他们给人一种当地人的感觉。

Now they're siloed off on these Discord servers, which are kind of like their own BBSs in a way.

现在他们被孤立在这些 Discord 服务器上， 这些服务器在某种程度上有点像他们自己的 BBS。

So it feels like we already are returning to BBSs, you know?

所以感觉我们已经回到了BBS， 你？

That's a lot of years and a lot of bbs. Once they're born, they immediately leave their  family for a life of solitude.

那很多年和很多BBS。一旦他们出生，他们立即离开家人过着孤独的生活。

And the BBS users who were, you know, late teenagers, early twenties and stuff, would have these parties and get together.

而BBS用户，你，十几岁，二十出头之类的，会举办这些聚会并聚在一起。

A BBS is a bulletin board system, a way for people to call and leave messages that other people could read later, like a bulletin board.

BBS 一种公告板系统， 一种供人们打话和留言供其他人稍后阅读的方式，就像公告板一样。

When he was still a young teenager, he started his own BBS called The Cave.

当他还个十几岁的孩， 他创办了自己的BBS， 名为The Cave。

Benj Edwards, who we heard from at the top of this episode, first discovered the thrill of socialising online in the BBS era of the early '90s.

本杰·爱德华兹（Benj Edwards）本集顶部的，他在90年代初的BBS代首次发现了在线社交的快感。

You can see its origins in the BBS era of the '80s and '90s, and the model is about to get a lot more attention as Reddit attempts to go public.

你可以看到它起源于 80 年代和 90 年代的 BBS 代，随着 Reddit 试图上市， 这种模式即将获得更多关注。

Jonathan Abrams was part of the BBS era in the '90s when everyone used pseudonyms to chat with each other, and he was fascinated by technology that could be used to connect people.

乔纳森·艾布拉姆斯（Jonathan Abrams）90年代BBS代的一部分， 当每个人都使用化名相互聊天，他对可用于连接人们的技术着迷。

As a college student, I get on line every day to discuss news with other people on BBS, to study English by registering for web courses, to chat freely through MSN Messenger with my friends.

作为一-名大学生，我每天上网与他人在BBS上讨论新闻，通过注册网络课程来学习英语，借助MSN和我的朋友们免费聊天。