Telnet-based BBS, rarely seen in other countries, is a special internet culture in Taiwan and China: it provides forum, email, IM, chat, pet, chess and more via plain text interface. But why not use web interface? Because once you get familiar with BBS, it's far more efficient than web page–––just like why a hardcore programmer still uses vim.
The biggest Taiwan BBS called PTT, which allows 140,000 users online simultaneously, has lots of latest information that even the news reporters looking for material on it.
Midnight Special is a traditional folk song originally popularized by Lead Belly
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