Subj : Re: BBS Population
To   : paulie420
From : Irish_Monk
Date : Sun Oct 02 2022 16:43:07

 pa>  Ir> I see a lot of chatting about "making more popular, more users, etc..
 pa>  Ir> Ir> So my question is, since I havnt been around BBS's since 1995, ho
 pa>  Ir> Ir>  Ir> the BBS world been? Is this the most "dead" its been?
 pa> 
 pa> Hell no - l00k around; we got active FTNs, plenty of rad/active bbSes,
 pa> modders, groups, ANSI - we've got a bbSphere!

I may have wrote that question wrong a little, but yeah, Im having a blast meeting people and messing around with the BBS stuff. It seems to me that theres quite a bit going on. I think the telnet BBS guide shows over thousand BBS's active. 

 pa> off in the summer. I see waves; sometimes you see in influx of users -
 pa> some YouTube video by a popular creator, or a product - a WiFi Modem for
 pa> a large retro community, etc... waves. 

I think that is how I got back into it. I think I came accross a BBS video on youtube and it sparked my interest again. 

 pa> Long story short; I have many friends from the current bbS community. It
 pa> ain't dead. :P

Thats awesome and really good to hear!! I am amazed how friendly people are here and so willing to help out. Being out of it for more than 25 years I definitely had needed help and tons of people have done that. I really appreciate it!!

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