Subj : Re: The Documentary...
To   : Digital Man
From : Time Warrior
Date : Wed Aug 03 2005 09:17 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

  To: Digital Man
  Re: Re: The Documentary...
  By: Digital Man to Time Warrior on Tue Aug 02 2005 08:56 pm

 > I don't remember seeing anything in the documentary about "where we're going
 > It referred to the sysops and users of today as "holdouts" and claimed that
 > "only a few hundreds BBSes exist today", which is plainly false.

 Where we've been and where we are always dictates where we are going by 
default. As far as how many BBS's are left, that figure is always dynamic and 
theres no way to really tell. BBS's are always going up and down. I'm sure 
there are thousands that "exsist" but I'm sure most people only KNOW OF a few 
hundred or less. It would be cool if there was a means of knowing exactly but 
unfortunately there isn't seeing as the # of exsisting BBS's is extremely 
dynamic.

For all I know there may only be less than 1,000 in exsistance. However I 
also know that the scene is growing again. Slowly, but it is.

 >  > So Frank, I agree with you. I personally thought The BBS Documentary was
 >  > extremely well done.

 > I agree and glad you got a chance to see it.

I purchased my copy :-)

How did it feel to have your moment in the spotlight? :-) I was on the 
interview list as well and myself as well as at least 100 others did not get 
interviewed due to Jason's means being limited. However I am content that I 
at least got a paragraph in on the third DVD.

A documentary like this can't be 100% accurate because as with any 
documentary, opinions and facts are mixed. Within the facts also were the 
opinions of the people being interviews as well as Jason's opinions.

Most saw it as being inspirational where as Sinister X and a few others saw 
it as a let down. The message being relayed, as is the perception of life in 
general, is always in the eye of the beholder, as are most things.

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