Subj : Re: 33 Years!
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Nov 29 2022 12:34:00

-=> Nightfox wrote to boraxman <=-

 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.

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

Absolutely agree.  Seriously, I'd put the percentage of "back then" at 
80% + , and nowadays... 5% max.

 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.

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

Same here.



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