Subj : Re: Where is everybody?
To   : tenser
From : fusion
Date : Sun Jul 02 2023 05:09 pm

On 03 Jul 2023, tenser said the following...
 
 te> Similarly with school-age students: what would they use
 te> a BBS for?  They're just not as capable as other offerings
 te> in the "digital native" landscape.

 te> 4. Non-commercialized, DIY infrastructure (though
 te>    honesty, without the Internet, none of this is
 te>    viable)

tbh i could only see usership growing in an "underhanded" sort of way. have you ever looked at what the citadel bbs has turned into?

basically turn the bbs into a backwards hybrid of say 4chan, facebook, meme sites, etc. carefully curate the first users (this is tough obviously) but if you remember, this was the mystique of facebook pre-general-availability, early invites to gmail, etc. avoid making it look like a traditional forum at all costs. better if you can create an android/iphone app too.

the backend could still technically be read from with a telnet interface, but you'd instantly "ruin" every message network you were attached to, none of the door games would transfer over very well, etc.

it might be entertaining, but i don't know how many people will seek out the telnet interface side of it.

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