Subj : Re: Local vs Network message boards
To   : SoDa7
From : n2qfd
Date : Fri May 03 2024 12:45:23

Hey SoDa, 

  So, I'm in a similar mindset and having my own board I even feel a little guilty using it to access networked sites rather than increasing traffic at a home BBS. 
  At Queen City BBS the philosophy is thus. You have Local, Regional, World bases. I have tried and been unsuccessful so far with Net 267 communicating. This is a New York wide Fidonet network. I've got fsx on here though and that's my world band. 

 QCBBS- local
 Net267- regional
 fsx- global 

  It could be thinking from my years in Ham Radio. Frequency and Power determine the range of transmission. This isn't to say you can't muscle or finesse to make it work but you learn over time that UHF/VHF is great local, 80-40m is great regional, 20-WARC-10m is great world band. 

  So to your point, I think when I come to fsx I've got a question or topic I want to get the broadest commentary on. Or I'm just keeping up with friends that I don't see from the other local level BBSs as they didn't want to have an account at 35 of them (you know who you are NeRdS) I could chat with the SYSOP from Storm BBS there and I do as relates to some specific functions on the BBS. I usually do the same with 20fb, but also have that core BBS crew I enjoy hanging with. Some BBSs get and hold information that is relevant to just that audience. I intended Queen City to be a "local" for the southern Tier area of New York State and that most of the local traffic would be from and concern folks around here. I also keep a niche base that's specifically Jewish and offer niche bases for others who just need someplace where they don't have to deal with the trolls. Again in Ham Radio most women operators tended to work CW so they didn't get harassed. I'll make that space at my BBS, I'll make an LBGTQ+ area if I think it helps people. We've lost a little of the way it was over time. My uncle met his spouse of 19 years in a dedicated online forum for the gay community because it was the time it was.

  So, I hope I haven't rattled on too much, but I think it has as much to do with why you're here as it does with breadth of outreach when it comes to networks v locals. 

N2QFD{Queen City BBS}:// "Does this need to be said? Does this need to be said
by me? Does this need to be said by me right now?" - Craig Ferguson 

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