Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : apam
From : deon
Date : Sat Jan 29 2022 22:29:05

  Re: Re: Computer Kits
  By: apam to deon on Sat Jan 29 2022 05:29 pm

 >  > So I think it's actually easy to make BBSing a little more private,
 >  > that would make it difficult (perhaps impossible) for search engines,
 >  > and the general public from seeing your site.
 >
 > Yeah, but people want the general public seeing their site. To attract
 > new users.

Well, email providers boast about keeping email "private", and they do that to attrach users. But right, they dont need to use a "vpn" to do that, it's in their best interest to change their offering to do that. Sysops's could do the same, and perhaps if some BBS systems "defaulted" to that it may be the content is less prevalent in search engines. (But agree, it only takes 1 person to have a different agenda/view point to make that break.)

 > I don't really see that idea working unless you start a new net with specifically those requirements. Then all it takes is one sysop to
 > not follow the rules, and it's all for nothing - sure you can remove them from
 > the network, but you can't take back the history of messages he's
 > rescanned and made available.

You cant take back history, no. But you can stop new content being indexed if it was important to everybody. But there in lies the problem, I dont think it is important to *everybody*.

 > I don't really see the point though, if some one really wants information
 > on you, they can just sign up to your secret network - it might be a few
 > more steps than typing your handle and fsxnet into google, but easily
 > done.

Sure, but that wasnt the point (for me at least). If somebody does something silly and posts it publically, everybody can see it and "repost" it. If they couldnt see it in the first place, the news isnt *that* big. Gossip in a community normally doesnt go past the community, but gossip on the internet reaches everybody.

 > I just think people need to get in the mindset that BBSing isn't
 > "underground" or "secret" but rather just "alternative" and then not post anything that they thing they would regret later on.

I dont think folks want "underground" or "secret" per-se. I think folks would like "private" though...


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