Subj : In this list? (NET4)
To   : David Gonzalez
From : apam
Date : Mon Oct 21 2024 07:50 am

 > I would say the exact opposite, I put ffort on it and do a lot, then
 > nobody connects, I trad and reply to many echomails but in my own
 > personal case/way I try to do stuff, but it becomes like fruitless
 > when you check your IN logsnad only SysOp logged in.

I can understand that, most BBSes get very few logins these days. Unless
you're running a BBS for your own personal enjoyment rather than an
attempt to get users logging in, your (most likely) going to be
disappointed.

 > I get it we all have some other stuff to do and now with even the
 > toilet using tiktok who cares about a black screen with green letters
 > some luser setup in Colombia?.

It's not really about your setup, I think the number of people that set
up a BBS do so, then a few weeks later realize it's not like it was in
the 90s, pull it down again. Why go through the effort of signing up to a
BBS if it's going to be gone in a few weeks (speaking generally) and has
the same stuff all the other BBSes have? That said, it's still nice to
encourage new sysops by visiting their work every now and then.

 > It'd be so great that areas were more active hub RPs were more
 > welcoming and helpful but I see the same behaviour and obnoxiousness I
 > saw back then,"it's your system", "you're i the wrong" and so on... I
 > remeber back I 99 I had this friend in Spain he ran RafaBBS, he would
 > spend hours trying to help me, now people just hope that you read
 > between the lines on their two line replies blaming you...

Yeah, there are a lot of obnoxious people on BBSes, you'll learn who they
are soon enough, but there are some nice people too, I don't know who you
are refering to with RPs, but agree there are some who are not very
welcoming and some that are.

Again it comes down to a bit of a catch 22, people are tired of helping
people setting up new systems who just disappear again in a few weeks,
and people disappear because no one helps them or makes them feel welcome.

 > :Like when you take the time to ask a question and even if some dude
 > knows the answer he'll tell you RTFM... WTF?... Like with that
 > attitude you show the world you sufferted hell setting things up and
 > others should suffer much more. Isn't it more helpful to say "have you
 > checked...".

Yes it is, and I totally agree with you. If you're going to reply RTFM, I
think it's better not to reply at all. At least provide a link to the
manual and where you can read it - even paraphrase it in the message.

 > I've found nice people when getting back to BBSing but some are just
 > ....

Yes, that's the way of everything though.. more so in BBSing I think
because more grumpy old men :P

I hope you stick around, as there are some good people here, it's an
adjustment if you're expecting 1995 - but worth it I think. I haven't
checked out your board yet, mostly because I expected it would be in
spanish (I can only read english) but hey, might as well find out :)

Andrew


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