Subj : Re: Forum for Sysop's
To   : MeaTLoTioN
From : hollowone
Date : Mon Dec 16 2024 10:46:02

 Me> I run a pretty successful website with wiki and discussion and blog, but
 Me> the majority of the help/advice happens either in the message bases on
 Me> the FTN's or in Matrix. My feeling is that people now want to use BBS as
 Me> a way to a) relive a nostalgic past, and/or b) to get away from the web
 Me> and it's distractions.

Totally!

I can't imagine somebody wants to become a sysop without understanding the user/consumer perspective in this tech stack. And when you do so and start thinking about owning a board... HTTP is just a fucked up gopher full of exploits, if anything :)

forgive my French :)

-h1

.... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

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