Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : boraxman
From : tenser
Date : Thu Apr 07 2022 02:53:05

On 06 Apr 2022 at 10:38p, boraxman pondered and said...
 
 bo> One other matter is ownership of the underlying system.  As I mentioned
 bo> in a previous response, Parler found out the hardway what happens when
 bo> you use someone elses servers.  Empowerment comes from avoiding
 bo> heteronomy, being in full control, and BBS typically are not only the
 bo> creations of private individuals, but those individuals also have full
 bo> control over the underlying server, software and hardware which means
 bo> they are not subject to outside requirements and terms and conditions. 
 bo> That isn't necessarily the case with a Web site, unless you host it
 bo> yourself.  NNTP and Web Sites can also be hosted yourself, but set up is
 bo> a little more involved.  

So the argument is that it's easier to set up a BBS than run
a web or NNTP server oneself?

It seems that a lot of BBSes are hosted on VPSes provided by
cloud providers.  Surely these are susceptible to the same sort
of hosting issues you mention above.  Similarly, at least one
of the more popular BBS packages is closed-source; users are
at the whim of its author.

Finally, even if one runs one's own servers, there are connectivity
issues that must be dealt with.  Pretty much all ISPs these days
have an AUP.

As for parler, well...if someone wants to wrestle in a dumpster,
one should expect to be covered with trash.

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