Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : tenser
From : boraxman
Date : Thu Apr 07 2022 23:08:21

 te> On 06 Apr 2022 at 10:38p, boraxman pondered and said...
 te>  
 te>  bo> One other matter is ownership of the underlying system.  As I mention
 te>  bo> in a previous response, Parler found out the hardway what happens whe
 te>  bo> you use someone elses servers.  Empowerment comes from avoiding
 te>  bo> heteronomy, being in full control, and BBS typically are not only the
 te>  bo> creations of private individuals, but those individuals also have ful
 te>  bo> control over the underlying server, software and hardware which means
 te>  bo> they are not subject to outside requirements and terms and conditions
 te>  bo> That isn't necessarily the case with a Web site, unless you host it
 te>  bo> yourself.  NNTP and Web Sites can also be hosted yourself, but set up
 te>  bo> a little more involved.  
 te> 
 te> So the argument is that it's easier to set up a BBS than run
 te> a web or NNTP server oneself?
 te> 
 te> It seems that a lot of BBSes are hosted on VPSes provided by
 te> cloud providers.  Surely these are susceptible to the same sort
 te> of hosting issues you mention above.  Similarly, at least one
 te> of the more popular BBS packages is closed-source; users are
 te> at the whim of its author.
 te> 
 te> Finally, even if one runs one's own servers, there are connectivity
 te> issues that must be dealt with.  Pretty much all ISPs these days
 te> have an AUP.
 te> 
 te> As for parler, well...if someone wants to wrestle in a dumpster,
 te> one should expect to be covered with trash.
 te> 
 te> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)

I think it is yes, at least from my experience.  I used mystic, and it was dead simple to get running.  Configuration was a little harder, but think, you get chat, message board and file exchange all out of the box.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

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