Subj : Re: Traffic
To   : All
From : Mike
Date : Wed Nov 15 2023 17:37:46

BBS'ing costs money! But nearly every hobby costs money!

OK, if you collect stones... not really!

But I think BBS'ing makes more fun....

So... another post here in the lonely conference....

Greetings

Mike


On 19.05.2023 00:32, Alan Ianson wrote to Grant Weasner:

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-> >> > Have not seen any traffic here in a long time.  Any one out there?
-> >> The area is still connected.
-> 
-> > I just found this and I'm wondering about the thoughts of the hobby.
-> 
-> > Is it a hobby?
-> 
-> If you are speaking about BBSing I think of it as a hobby.
-> 
-> Fidonet (and other nets) are also a hobby. It was designed and run by hobbyists
-> for the most part.
-> 
-> > I just think at one point it wasn't just a hobby, it was some people's
-> > business.
-> 
-> I think some businesses have used BBS or FTN technology but BBSing and Fidonet
-> have always been a hobby for me. I have never made money from it. Never wanted
-> or expected too.
-> 
-> > I don't think it currently has a market for income today, but can't
-> > it be used for something more than links to none bbs systems?
-> 
-> BBS and/or ftn technology could be used by a business but I doubt anyone ever
-> made much money from it.
-> 
-> > Questions make more questions most of the time.
-> 
-> Seth Able did make money from his LORD door game (in the early days) although I
-> think he came upon success unexpectedly. I don't know where he is today.
-> 
-> What a simple, yet awesome door he created. There are a few stories like his.
-> 
-> RemoteAccess, FrontDoor and FastEcho had some amount of commercial success, and
-> there are others like that as well.
-> 
-> But for me BBSing has always simply been a hobby.
-> 
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->  * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
 
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v7.0
 * Origin: Delivered from GLOBAL CHAOS BBS (2:240/8050)

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