Subj : Re: ANSI art
To   : Ogg
From : fusion
Date : Thu Oct 30 2025 15:26:00

On 28 Oct 2025, Ogg said the following...
 
 Og> ** On Saturday 25.10.25 - 22:48, multiplemiggs wrote to Dumas Walker:
 Og> 
 Og>  m> I experienced the same thing with CB radio. There was a
 Og>  m> group of probably 30 of us within range at any given time.
 Og>  m> When the internet took off that group shrank fast to a
 Og>  m> point where there were hardy any regular users 1997-98
 Og> 
 Og> Why would the introduction of internet affect people who are  
 Og> invested in CB radio?

ever found someone in real life that used to call bbses when they were in their prime? i'd bet a lot of them wouldn't be interested in connecting to them again. because it was a means to an end. like having a car phone before there were cellulars that fit in your pocket. they just don't care about the bbs aspect of it at all, because something better replaced it. and that's specifically considering that they would have experienced bbsing "at it's best" with countless users..

CB was just like that really. and for the most part the people i still hear on CB radio are there for the same reason we're here on BBSes now. some sort of "meta" experience where both the purpose of the BBS (communication) and the act of using a BBS are meaningful to us.

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