Subj : Re: Join Networks
To   : Irish_Monk
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Sep 05 2022 23:39:58

 Ir>  bo> BBS's are unique, and Facebook *IS* poison.  I prefer things on the o
 Ir>  bo> "social media" because it IS better.  You don't abandon your niche to
 Ir>  bo> try and compete with someone else who is dominant in theirs.
 Ir> 
 Ir> I think I feel the same way you do. But it would be nice to get a few
 Ir> more quality users in on the NETS and BBS's. It will most likely never
 Ir> be like in the 90's. Im not trying to be negative, But as I think about
 Ir> it a little more, BBS land wasnt perfect neither. I remember having
 Ir> "trolls" and problem users on my BBS. Of course since I only had about
 Ir> 100 users, maybe 2 were bad or so., and then when MIRC became popular it
 Ir> seemed worse with the the quality of users. So the more popular and
 Ir> flooded with people, especially the way people are now, theres going to
 Ir> be those people who cause problems unfortunately.
 Ir> 
 Ir> I really enjoy the old style BBS but I think its really cool how a
 Ir> couple of the BBS have a web page BBS also, (best way I can explain it)
 Ir> Which also links to the actual BBS. I have some quality people I work
 Ir> with that could bring a lot to the BBS community and I was surprise to
 Ir> find out they had no clue what a BBS was... 


I do like the fact you can access the BBS multiple ways as well.  Some have their files available by FTP as well.

More quality users would be great, perhaps bring back those that miss the aesthetic, or those who just want something different, something novel.  For those who haven't used a BBS before, or even seen a good website, a well done BBS might appear quite interesting and unique, something different from the plethora of bland squarespace websites.

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