MIT BBS

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MIT BBS (Chinese: 未名空间; pinyin: Wèimíng Kōngjiān; lit. 'Unnamed Space') was a Chinese-language bulletin board system website.

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.

As of 2019^[update], 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 newmitbbs.com, wmkj.org, usmitbbs.com, weiming.info and freeblueplanet.com emerged.

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]