Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : boraxman
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Apr 28 2022 07:02:00

-=> boraxman wrote to claw <=-

 bo> Same here, but without the Pepsi.  It's more than just nostalgia, a lot
 bo> of "Social Media" just downright sucks, and I prefer this world to
 bo> Twitter, Tik Tok, Farcebook, et al.  More focused discussion, and
 bo> frankly, a better interface for text based discussion.  I want a return
 bo> to something simpler, more pure, with more focus.

Amen to that.

I'm rediscovering IRC and playing with Mastodon and enjoy both more than 
Facebook; I haven't logged into FB in some time.

 bo> The advertising based business model that social media uses is worse
 bo> than toxic, it is a social disaster.  BBS's aren't subject to that.

Agreed. When a platform manipulates what you see in order to maximize their 
profits, it opens the door to other manipulation as well.


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