>>1 A BBS (bulletin board system) used to refer to software that ran on servers and would let users connect via the terminal to access a variety of features. This would include things such as public message boards, games,downloads, email etc... With the rise of the world wide web these systems began to die out, and forum or public message board sites hosted on the web began to be increasingly (although technically incorrectly) referred to as BBS. This was probably due to the common use of BBS servers to host public message boards, chat rooms and email. In short, if you're looking for a site like this on the modern web, you probably want either a set of forums or a public message board.