Subj : Re: ANSI art
To   : fusion
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Nov 01 2025 08:42:00

-=> fusion wrote to Ogg <=-

 fu> ever found someone in real life that used to call bbses when they were
 fu> in their prime? i'd bet a lot of them wouldn't be interested in
 fu> connecting to them again.


 My BBS was a dial-up ghost town until I moved over to telnet. I tried
 convincing some of my old callers to try telnetting in; most did, a
 call or two, then stopped.

 The overriding sentiment was that there was momentum back then and it
 became a part of their routines. Once dial-up went away, the internet
 replaced it and it was difficult to get back into it.

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



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