Subj : Re: ANSI art
To   : multiplemiggs
From : MRO
Date : Sun Oct 26 2025 01:28:33

  Re: Re: ANSI art
  By: multiplemiggs to Dumas Walker on Sat Oct 25 2025 10:48 pm

 > On 17 Jul 2025, Dumas Walker said the following...
 >  DW> What I think really killed the "golden era" of BBSing was the growing
 >  DW> availability of the Internet, regardless of whether the users were
 >  DW> running linux or Windows or ???.


 > I experienced the same thing with CB radio. There was a group of
 > probably 30 of us within range at any given time. When the internet
 > took off that group shrank fast to a point where there were hardy
 > any regular users 1997-98


The internet was enticing, but also what was bad for bbses 
is how sysops operated.  many sysops were close minded and not eager to adopt 
new things.  I think the best thing to do if it was affordable was to bridge 
bbsing into the internet and web.

Also sysops were always in it for themselves, and that doesn't really build 
strength.  Combine that with cliques that formed and that divides it 
more.

You can see cliques being bad for bbsing in the telnet age. I saw a 
msg network that was elitist fall apart dude to lack of activity and 
interest.  activity and interest is from diversity. if you dont have that, 
you're dying a slow death.  Another one now lets anybody in.  that might be 
too little too late.

The important thing to remember is that a bbs is a system for users to 
interact with. It's for socalizing, maybe gaming and maybe files.

If you don't look at it that way,  you are doomed.  if you are in it for 
yourself, all that will be there is yourself.

Since covid bbsing has lost even more users.  I'm not sure if we will ever 
get regular callers again. I'm not sure that we offer what people want.   I 
myself spend a lot of time with friends on telegram talking and posting vids 
and memes. that's more enjoyable than a bbs.
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