Subj : Re: The Documentary...
To   : Frank Vest
From : Tharius
Date : Fri Aug 12 2005 02:46 am

  Re: Re: The Documentary...
  By: Tharius to Frank Vest on Mon Aug 08 2005 12:54:20

 > 
 > "Frank Vest" <frank.vest@VERT> wrote :
 > 
 > > To be honest, and in my own humble opinion: What "we", the BBS Sysops,
 > > programers and other developers, need to be careful about is to not lose
 > > the things that made "us" (see definition of "we") what we are. One
 > > critical thing, IMHO, is the security that BBSs have. It's more likely
 > > [snip]
 > > At any rate, I hope the developers of the future keep that level of
 > > security in mind. To me, this is one of the major problems with Internet
 > > and a major downfall.  Not to mention, of course, spam and such.
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    Please excuse any possible duplication, howver I have identified a
problem in my configuration that prevented messages from being tossed.

The below is a message I posted a few days ago.
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 > 
 > While security definately comes to mind, I wonder if the feeling you're
 > looking to contain is not in fact "community".  I think one of the
 > distinguishing features of a BBS, one that keeps people coming back, is that
 > even though we are using a faceless medium to communiate (frequently)
 > worldwide, we develop affections, attachment and even dislikes of the people
 > we interact with.  The sence that there is a person behind the system,
 > instead of a shapeless "admin".  I think this is what makes the security you
 > mention possible - personal accountibility, or at least some sence of it.  I
 > think you would find the internet as a whole a much different place with
 > more accountibility.  That said, I do not agree with draconian measures
 > frequently suggested to "rein in" the internet crowd or with the idea of
 > spying on everyone.  I only suggest that the sence of security we enjoy as a
 > BBS community is because our users, sysops, developers, etc feel connected,
 > feel a sence that they are personally involved with the hobby and that it
 > does matter to them, and ultimately to their own enjoyment of the hobby
 > depends on co-operation.
 > 
 > Cheers

                                                  Tharius

....It has no punch lines.

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