Subj : Re: What do you get out o
To   : Nightfox
From : Ron Lauzon
Date : Fri Apr 09 2021 09:15 am

-=> Nightfox wrote to Morgul <=-

 Ni> I had made maybe a couple friends back in the day from BBSing, but no
 Ni> long-lasting friendships, unfortunately.

In my early days of BBSing, I was in college and all the BBSs were run by 
college students.  But we were all in the same computer club, so we knew
each other.

When I really called them a lot, they were all in the same area.  But
there were few social events for BBS people.  I remember one nice lady
who threw a big BBS Picnic every year.  She checked out an "island" in 
a local park.

But some BBSers were still kids.  Others were really old.  ALL were geeks
(and socially awkward).  Interacting on BBSs was something that we were
all comforable with - and kept other people at arm's length, which is what we
were comfortable with.

Later on, as we got more into Fidonet and the like, people were really
geographically wide spread.

It's hard to get close to geeks in the first place.  It's even harder when
many of them can't get together (too young, too old, too insecure, etc.).
And it's pretty much impossible to make lasting friendships without that
contact.


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