Subj : Re: BBS Population To : Bex From : Nightfox Date : Wed Oct 12 2022 08:08:49 Re: Re: BBS Population By: Bex to paulie420 on Mon Oct 10 2022 03:00 pm Be> I could be wrong, because I was out of the BBS scene since I shut down my Be> last board in the late-90s, so I have no actual data on this, but it seems Be> like there was a major lull around 2008-2016 or so, and then things Be> started to make a comeback about then. Then another lull around, and then Be> the pandemic. I ran a BBS from 1994 to 2000 and then started a BBS up again in 2007 when I realized they were still around. I'm not sure about major lulls, but it seems there have been ups and downs, at least from what I see of message network activity. For the downs, sometimes people say people might just be busy, either traveling (if it's summer) or for the holidays (in the fall/winter). Be> I do still think that we are in the end BBS times, once this group of Be> nostalgia-seeking Gen Xers (I'm proudly in that group) moves on, there Be> isn't going to be anyone who wants to bring it back. The nostalgia window Be> is a moving window, driven mostly by people in their 40s and 50s. As they Be> age out, the new group is nostalgia for other experiences. Be> This BBS renaissance is great, but it probably only has 5 years max before Be> all but the most devoted move on to something else. I feel like it's hard to know when (or if) BBSes will disappear. I've been running my current BBS more than twice as long as I ran my original BBS in the 90s. It's a hobby I enjoy, and I plan to keep running it and using it as long as there is some BBS activity. I've also developed some scripts/mods for Synchronet, and I enjoy working on those. I'm a little younger than gen-X (I think I'm just borderline between gen-Y and millennial), but there is the nostalgia factor. For me I still enjoy BBSing though, and I don't think it's something that I'll get bored of. Nightfox --- SBBSecho 3.15-Linux * Origin: Digital Distortion: digdist.synchro.net (21:1/137) .