Subj : Re: Community
To   : Spectre
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Oct 02 2022 17:12:50

 Sp> Well that makes sense, isn't one of the prime reasons for "your" BBS to
 Sp> try and attract new users?  So from the user end of things it wants to
 Sp> be as open as possible.
 Sp> 
 Sp> On the other hand there are barriers.  Telnet clients are in decline,
 Sp> you have go and look for a client that is generally deprecated and
 Sp> insecure. ssh is probably slightly more straight forward, so long as you
 Sp> can find a bbs and a port to support it. I'd also hazzard a guess that
 Sp> most gen-Ys and millenials aren't going to have the attention span to
 Sp> sit and read all this stuff. No pretty pictures, no video... its like
 Sp> going backwards to grab a newspaper.. most don't do that either, and you
 Sp> can see that in the poor circulation newspapers have these days.
 Sp> 
 Sp> Spec

My BBS is meant for a particular community, and the idea is to solve a problem for us, rather than simply seek to be popular.  The problem is to have a place where we can continue discussions from our meetups, a place maybe to store files (like books, PDF's), possibly chat, bulletins.  Other options may be better, some type of groupware but the BBS seemed to have everything already ready to go.  The lack of pictures was a positive actually, to dissuade people just posting "memes" and seeking "likes".  We used Facebook, but the debate was really shallow because its easy to just post newslinks and get reactions, and make quick one word comments.  That and the fact that we shouldn't have to have some Californian company use and abuse us just so we can talk to each other. 

You are right about the new trends in Millenials, but I don't feel that I need to follow trends.  I don't need to be where the "people" are because it kind of sucks.  I left it and am not missing anything.  Social Media is overrated.

One thing though, people, at least some, do have a curiosity.  I use Emacs at
work and people ask about it, and I show them ORG mode and how easily I can manage my tasks, edit files, all the cool things I can do that they just can't.  A couple have wanted to try it out.  Similarly, I think some people if they saw a cool BBS would be interested, a small minority sure, but they would be.  I was out of the scene for many years simply because I didn't know they existed.

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