# MIT BBS

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**MIT BBS** (Chinese: 未名空间; pinyin: *Wèimíng Kōngjiān*; literally: *Unnamed Space*) was a [Chinese-language](/source/Chinese_language) [bulletin board system](/source/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 Chinableh, a self-censored branch mitbbs.cn[2] was opened to facilitate access by web users in China.

As of 2019, 51% of their [internet](/source/Internet) [traffic](/source/Traffic) was generated from within the US.[3]

In July 2022, MIT BBS ceased operations.[4] Other similar websites such as 1point3acres.com, [mitbbs.app](https://www.mitbbs.app), huaren.us, newmitbbs.com, wenxuecity.com, 6park.com, wmkj.org, usmitbbs.com, weiming.info, freeblueplanet.com and freemitbbs.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](/source/Personal_advertisement).[6]

## References

1. Winstein, Keith J. ["China Blocks MIT Web Addresses"](http://tech.mit.edu/V122/N58/58web.58n.html). *[The Tech](/source/The_Tech_(newspaper))*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221002180033/http://tech.mit.edu/V122/N58/58web.58n.html) 2022-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2009-01-08.

1. ["未名空间.中国"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060221010138/http://mitbbs.cn/). Archived from [the original](http://mitbbs.cn) on 2006-02-21.

1. ["Mitbbs.com Traffic Statistics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220419011532/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mitbbs.com). Archived from [the original](https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mitbbs.com) on 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2019-01-22.

1. ["25年中文论坛"未名空间"关闭 | Redian新闻"](https://redian.news/wxnews/58184) (in zh-CN). *Redian新闻：北美华人新闻聚合*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221002180623/https://redian.news/wxnews/58184) 2022-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-10-02.

1. ["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"](http://qy.58.com/29674615766026/). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20151222095731/http://qy.58.com/29674615766026/) 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-12-14.

1. ["未名交友 (Unknown Space Friendship)"](http://www.jiaoyou8.com/). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220626132456/https://jiaoyou8.com/) 2022-06-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2006-03-30.

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