Subj : BBS Documentary
To   : Paul Hayton
From : Matt Bedynek
Date : Tue Jun 30 2015 10:51 pm

On 6/29/2015 10:41 PM, Paul Hayton -> Matt Bedynek wrote:

 PH> I agree with you, it's great to see software continuing to be developed in

With a few notable exceptions it seems as if there is a little more activity 
today than when I last was here.  I certainly wasn't running a BBS then either.

 PH> Messaging and online games mostly, from all across the globe they connect.
 PH> USA, Russia, Italy, New Zealand (where I am), Australia and other locales.

From your perspective, what type of message areas and doors are the most used?

 PH> Its a bigger digital space but it's only being used at one tenth its
 PH> capability when concentration of mass has led to so many congragating in 
so
 PH> few online areas. I think those early digital users were more 'social' 
than
 PH> our contemporary online users of social media and HTML.

Even during the mid-90s I never attracted a strong social user base.  I had 
many door players, a few fido users but that was about it.  From my perspective 
it was as if certain software was conducive to creating a social atmosphere.  
Those was the TAG, Telegard, or Renegade type boards with easy to use message 
areas and one liners.

 PH> As per the others comments, welcome and nice to see you here / active.

Thank you for the warm welcome.

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