Subj : Re: Tandy 1000 TX
To   : Rug Rat
From : Bo Holt
Date : Sun Jul 12 2026 10:52 am

RR>   I have begun to realize that I need to take a step back from social medi
RR> and focus on my BBSs, FTN, and USENET due to the fact that I am tired of b
RR> targeted by anger, hate, and what not to force me to interact.  It is not
RR> healthy!
RR> 
RR>   At least on the BBS, I can chose exactly what I want to read, and thus r
RR> to.. Facebook has gotten to the point were the equivelant would be everyti
RR> login to my BBS the first thing I see are messages saying The Rat's Den
RR> Sucks!  Not because that is the prevailing oppinion in the BBS community
RR> (Well, it might be), but because an algorythm somewhere knows that is the 
RR> way to get me to respond and make the system, network, or sub board more
RR> active.

I agree 100%.  It's so easy to get sucked into all that mess.  Usually, 
everything that's good gets ruined by the mainstream (our tech in general), 
but BBSing seems to have been safe from that since it takes effort.

.... If stupidity was painful, then people would get help.

--- Renegade v1.44/Exp
 * Origin: The Titantic BBS Telnet - ttb.rgbbs.info (1:129/305)

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