Subj : Blues Net
To   : boraxman
From : Oli
Date : Sat Jan 22 2022 13:09:48

boraxman wrote (2022-01-22):

 Ol>> You can have all the advantages without the inefficient user
 Ol>> interface of a BBS. If it doesn't have a website or app, it's not
 Ol>> relevant anymore. There are enough non-commercial decentralized
 Ol>> distributed web based social networks and web forums. Why use BBS
 Ol>> technology? Everyone needs images and videos ...

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 b> I've heard of Matrix, which is good for chat and messaging.  Citadel,
 b> which I know almost nothing about was almost mentioned.

Matrix is chat with voice and video conference plugins. It's quite successful but a bit bloated for my taste.

Citadel is a bit old-school. I doubt you will attract many users. From a BBS perspective it is still interesting.

https://www.citadel.org/
https://www.admin-magazine.com/Archive/2020/57/An-overview-of-the-Citadel-BBS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_(software)

 b> Discussion threads and chat/messaging/group chat are the primary
 b> features, but I'm looking at options where it can be a private hidden
 b> network.

What do you mean with private hidden network?

 b> Do you have any particular solutions in mind apart from these two?

Twitter like:
 - Mastodon
 - Plemora

Facebook like:
 - diaspora
 - friendica
 - Hubzilla
 - Zap

Chat (federated)
 - Movim
 - XMPP
 - Zulip
 - RocketChat
 - Mattermost

Web forum:
 - flarum
 - Discord
 - NodeBB

Briar looks interesting too:
https://briarproject.org/manual/

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