Subj : BBS Reviews
To   : MRO
From : Umbra Mortis
Date : Thu Sep 11 2025 15:56:20

  Re: BBS Reviews
  By: MRO to Umbra Mortis on Wed Sep 10 2025 07:41 pm

> > Are there any lists of BBS Reviews?

*> why don't you just visit them and see for yourself.

Because my mom won't let me.  ;-(




Serious Answer??

There are more than a thousand BBSs to connect to.

So, choosing to connect to any of them, you're primarily going to base that off of one of a handful of ads that you might see, or the Name of the BBS and/or the location of the BBS from the BBS list.  Or, word of mouth works great, but if you're new to BBSs there's not a lot of word of mouth to go off of.  *In my case, I chose Vertrauen because I'm intrested in Synchronet and it's just up the road in Temecula.

Also, with no central or federated authentication system for BBSs to use,
that's a thousand different user registration and verification experiences to run though.  No bueno.

The TXT file of the BBS list does include a description for about a quarter of the BBSs on the list, but that's 750+ with basically just the name to go off
of, and that BBS list is > 16,000 lines long.

The BBS ads are helpful in that someone is investing their time to promote
their board and bring people to it.  They're written / created by the owner / operator though, so you are primarily getting their own perspective; as opposed to a visitor/users perspective.

Having said all of that, ads can catch your attention, and you can connect and see what you think of the board and it's users once you're there.

I believe that endorsements from a neutral 3rd party can speak volumes about
the experience that they had as a user/visitor/member.  Other people may relate with those shared experiences and choose to check out that board; or defer that board to checkout later.

At least, that's my thinking.  What's yours?

Or, at least, can you share the top 3 boards that you enjoy visiting each month?


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