Subj : Re: 33 Years!
To   : boraxman
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Nov 29 2022 09:58:07

  Re: Re: 33 Years!
  By: boraxman to Argos on Tue Nov 29 2022 09:14 pm

 Ar>> Back in the early day, the only BBS'ers were Geeks ... After 33
 Ar>> years, I am going to bet the farm that is the same. 

 Ar>> In todays climate, what were once called Geeks and Nerds and now
 Ar>> called "social media influencer"  Really ?

 bo> I think the "Geeks and Nerds" back then are completely different to the
 bo> vapid "Social media influencers" today. 

In the early 90s, it seemed that many people who were using computers were people who were actually interested in computers and learning about them.  It seemed that a bigger percentage of computer users back then understood the technical standpoint of computer things.  Later, especially when the internet became popular, it seemed almost everyone had a computer and there were a lot more people who didn't really know much about computers but would use them for work, etc..

 bo> Hmm, maybe. I've thought about starting a BBS but without a target
 bo> audience, there isn't much point I think. BBS's were once local things,
 bo> but that is no longer the case now. 

I've been running my BBS without a specific target audience.  I know there are BBSes that are more busy than mine, though there are people using my BBS.

Nightfox
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