Subj : Re: In this list? (NET4)
To   : deon
From : apam
Date : Sat Apr 13 2024 09:24 am

  By: deon to Nightfox on Sat Apr 13 2024 09:11 am

 >  Ex>> I don't, and never have understood the "thrill" of setting up a BBS,
 >  Ex>> not doing anything to it, never logging into it, never checking on it,
 >  Ex>> but let it run with nothing on it.

 >> I think a lot of sysops do put time to customize it, but sometimes I think
 >> some sysops get busy and their BBS becomes a low priority for them for a
 >> while but they still want to keep running it.  They might get back to it at
 >> some point when they have more free time.

 de> I actually think it's the realisation that there are few "users".

Maybe, or maybe they enjoy the thinking up a theme, setting up the software, customizing it, and once they are finished it just gets boring. I am like that, I've been here a while now, and I'm always starting new bbses and shutting down old ones. I like seeing what different BBS packages are up to, tinkering with my own, coming up with themes etc.

I kind of think of it a bit like distro/os hopping - installing a new distro, tinkering, setting things up.. once it runs smoothly it gets boring, or there is an itch to try another thing.

Andrew
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