Subj : Re: Back at it
To   : Abbub
From : Dr. What
Date : Sun Apr 30 2023 09:01:37

-=> Abbub wrote to Dr. What <=-

 Ab> I think I may have dodged that particular experience because both of
 Ab> the places I was living during the 'BBS era' were pretty small places.
 Ab> I suspect that larger populations had a) more boards and b) more users
 Ab> for the boards that would create the kind of BBS you're talking about.

I suspect you are correct.

On the BBSs, trolls came and went.  When the sysop noticed them, he would lock
their account so they couldn't call anymore.  On systems with networked message
bases, we used offline mail readers and they often had a twit-filter.

I think AOhelL was the when the trolls really started to gain traction since
AOhelL didn't want to kick them off as they were paying customers.


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