Ideas for a modern BBS
reddit / bbs

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Practical_Cartoonist · 2021-06-18 07:36

I think using Matrix to federate a BBS is a very cool idea.
Exploring other protocols (beyond telnet/ssh) can open it up a bit,
and Matrix is a good choice.

As he mentions, there are things about the web that are actually
pretty cool, and it would be a shame to throw them out with the bath
water.
Accessibility is a big one, and one area where BBSes don't do very
well.
With art mixed in with text without any markup, it could be hard for
blind users to extract text.
Internationalization, too.
I hope the future is UTF-8 instead of fixing in IBM437.

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mycall · 2021-06-19 04:15

I would love to see on-location BBSes that has all the local stuff:

* Have you seen this dog?

* House cleaning?  Call 555-1212..

* Room for Rent

* Karate classes, talk to Karl upstairs.

It would be cool to have "Matrix BBS" running in lobbies, community
centers or where ever, probably running on a RPi / CyberDeck attached
to a TV, pushing modern features:

* Native Reddit integration, powering much of it's community forums.
* ANSI text mode buttons (touch screen or text-block mouse)
* video2ASCII for video animation clips and pseudo-video chat mode to
people who posted ads on it.
* Easy text-mode templating forms designer (like some combination of
TheDraw + Balsamiq +Sketch2Code + CMS)
* New GPT-3/4 adventure door games
* How integrated can you get with Matrix?
* Community Crypto wallets
* SDCard ISO for easy install

There is lots of things you can do in this space.

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PaulLee420 · 2021-07-01 02:04

Sweet, Zack...I run a Matrix server and a BBS, but haven't married the
two. I'm digging yer video and interested; don't know how much time I
have since I'm involved to too many retro projects already, but all
ears. :P