Subj : Re: Running a BBS
To   : tassiebob
From : paulie420
Date : Wed Jun 21 2023 06:00 pm

 ta>  pa> I think it's one of a few things... if the system is so unique, or
 ta>  pa> well-done (aBSINTHE, Frozen Floppy) then thats a big draw...
 ta> 
 ta> It'd be a big draw for getting users to return, but how do systems like
 ta> that attract users in the first place?

The main part of that is joining the BBS community. Whether a user never left and has always been a part of the BBSing community, fsxNet and FidoNet - or a new BBS user joins and starts communicating here (fsxNet) and the other networked parts of BBSing - MRC, the Commodore BBSes if yer into C= - the Atari BBSes if yer into Atari computers, etc etc etc...

Once I met all the regulars and hung out for long enough that they knew I wasn't just flying thru - I started to get more and more support. Both callers, ANSI art and etc.

 ta> Way back when, my dialup BBS, like everyone else, got listed in
 ta> published BBS lists and users actively called around to see which boards
 ta> they liked, but that's not a thing in 2023 :-(

Right - there IS the telnetbbsguide.com, but TBH BBSes mostly get buried there underneath 100s of STOCK Mystic/Synchronet boards. You CAN take some time and peruse the site and find cool boards - but for me, I've found the places I enjoy calling by meeting actual people a lot more than searching telnetbbsguide.com.

 ta> I still have friends today that I met through the dialup BBS I ran in
 ta> the late 80's & 90's :-) 

Same - when I was in high school, the majority of my friends were from BBSing! Girlfriends, too. :P



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