MIT BBS explained

MIT BBS was a Chinese-language bulletin board system website.

History

In 2002, the Chinese government blocked access to the entire mit.edu domain.^[1]

In 2004, to circumvent the block in place in China, a self-censored branch mitbbs.cn^[2] was opened to facilitate access by users in China.

, 51% of their internet traffic was generated from within the US.^[3]

In July 2022, MIT BBS ceased operations.^[4] Other similar websites such as usmitbbs.com, newmitbbs.com, wmkj.org, weiming.info and freeblueplanet.com emerged.

Administration

After moving out of mit.edu, it was then managed by a company located in Beijing, China.^[5] Under the current administrator walklooktalk, in the last several years it saw accelerated commercialization, with more prominent space reserved for advertisers, as well as the creation of a spin-off website devoted to personal advertisement.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winstein . Keith J. . China Blocks MIT Web Addresses . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221002180033/http://tech.mit.edu/V122/N58/58web.58n.html . 2022-10-02 . 2009-01-08 . The Tech.
2. Web site: 未名空间.中国. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060221010138/http://mitbbs.cn/. 2006-02-21.
3. Web site: Mitbbs.com Traffic Statistics. 2019-01-22. 2022-04-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20220419011532/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mitbbs.com. dead.
4. Web site: 25年中文论坛"未名空间"关闭 Redian新闻 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221002180623/https://redian.news/wxnews/58184 . 2022-10-02 . 2022-10-02 . Redian新闻：北美华人新闻聚合 . zh-CN.
5. Web site: 北京未名空间信息技术有限公司2016最新招聘信息 - 58企业名录 . 2015-12-14 . 2015-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222095731/http://qy.58.com/29674615766026/ . live .
6. Web site: 未名交友 (Unknown Space Friendship). 2006-03-30. 2022-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20220626132456/https://jiaoyou8.com/. live.