Subj : users was:BBS Documentary
To   : MATT BEDYNEK
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Wed Jul 01 2015 08:44 pm

-=> Quoting Matt Bedynek to Kostie Muirhead on 06-30-15  22:31 <=-

 KM> Depends on the board and the day. I've only had the board back online a
 KM> little over 3 months and usually get between 5-15 callers in a day,
 KM> depending on the day. Weekends it tends to drop off to 2-3. One of the
 KM> other boards in town has the largest active majormud game and still gets
 KM> 300 calls a day. Unfortunately I don't see a lot of engagement from my
 KM> users in the message forums

 MB> The numbers are surprising.  I need to log in to a few and conduct a
 MB> bit of research.  I doubt files or messages are the main attraction
 MB> because of search engines.   It would be nice to find a way to strike a
 MB> chord in people and get them participating in message areas again. 
 MB> That is one thing that these areas are lacking.

What I've seen has been some boards that specialize in games having many
users there for the games...  But I've seen at least one board that has
a decent user base and activity that I'm pretty sure is mostly for
messaging...  It all depends on what the user is really there for.  For
my part, messaging has always been the primary purpose, all along...
beginning decades ago...  :)  And I just never left...  :)

ttyl        neb

.... No matter what goes wrong, someone knew it would.

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