Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : boraxman
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Apr 15 2022 09:56:01

  Re: Re: SSH on BBSes
  By: boraxman to tenser on Fri Apr 15 2022 02:00 pm

 te>> I mean, I kind of want that.  :-)  These machines are
 te>> there to be used.  The average computer running a BBS,
 te>> even a li'l Raspberry Pi, is seriously undersubscribed.
 te>> It almost feels like a waste.

 bo> We have so much computing power at our disposal, even on a Raspberry Pi,
 bo> so much bandwidth, it seems kind if silly we don't employ it. 

 bo> Tech really has taken a turn for the worse, with the "consumer" model of
 bo> devices and apps. We have the power to run our own social networks, to
 bo> handle our own communications, and yet, we centralise it all in the hands
 bo> of Big Tech. 

 bo> Sometimes (more often than not), the vision of making computers
 bo> user-friendly, ubiquitous and accessible was a mistake. 

I'm not sure about that..  Computers have becomne such useful tools for many things.  For a long time now, I've owned a computer and have used them for work, entertainment, financial tracking & other notes, work, etc..

Although we have the power to run our own social networks & communication, as you say, I think the reason that's not very common is that not very many people know how.  I run a BBS, and I suppose that could be considered a type of social network, but not many people these days seem to care or even know what a BBS is anymore.

Also, it may make more sense to have a big company do that since more people would use a single social networking site rather than a bunch of distributed social networking sites.

For a while it seemed most people had a desktop PC at home, and I've been a bit surprised these days to hear some people don't even have a laptop and just use their smartphone and/or tablet, if anything.  Even as useful as computers are, it seems many people still don't really know how to use them well or don't have a use for them except for smartphones & tablets.

Nightfox
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