Subj : Re: BBS Population
To   : Nightfox
From : Irish_Monk
Date : Sun Oct 02 2022 16:48:22

 Ni> I stopped running my original 90s BBS in 2000 and started up again in
 Ni> 2007 when I realized some people still run and use BBSes.  But even
 Ni> since 2007, it seems the BBS community is not nearly what it used to be
 Ni> at its height in the 90s.  Lately, I mostly read & post on a couple
 Ni> message networks and I see some of the same names in both places.  My
 Ni> current BBS does get some callers, but I remember getting more callers
 Ni> on my local dialup BBS in the 90s.

Yeah I dont think we will ever see interest in BBSing like we did in the 90's. But its still a lot of fun!! and a lot of really cool people on here for sure.


 Ni> Also, one sign of the low popularity of BBSes is when I try to search for
 Ni> BBS-related things on Google, sometimes relevant search results don't
 Ni> appear on the first page unless I use fairly specific terms related to
 Ni> BBSes.  For example, if you just search for BBS on Google, the first
 Ni> search result (right now anyway) is BBS Wheels (for cars).

Yeah I have noticed that too. Fortunately a lot of the users on here end up helping me out also. Dont really find that in other places too much... at least not for free...

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