Subj : attract the "normals" of the future
To   : Jay Harris
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jun 07 2020 04:37 pm

Hello Jay!

** On Sunday 07.06.20 - 15:29, Jay Harris wrote to Dan Richter:

 JH> Back when I ran a BBS in high school I used to hand out 3.5" floppys
 JH> with a HyperTerm file configured to connect to my board.

I did that too.  I preconfigured a FrontDoor system to dial up and connect  
as a point to my system, and handed out diskettes (or made a home visit)  
to do it.  My latter system was only FTN echomail + email by then.

A similar "pre-packaged" approach is lacking today.  Today, the user may  
be steered to telnetbbsguide or ipingthereforeiam to look up a BBS, but  
they still need the SynchTerm or Netrunner (or similar) to connect at the  
BBS level.  They still need to "understand" where the FQDN goes and if a  
special port number is required.  The fTelnet webby window is not bad for  
a quick visit, but it's a poor experience for regular and full-time use.

The whole process is probably too complicated for the youngin users.

Something that would be presentable on a tablet/smartphone would be good  
too.


 JH> I've been considering putting up an ad on Kijiji or something to try
 JH> and attract the "normals" to my board.

If you feel that's where your target audience hangs out, why not.  Let us  
know how that goes!

  ../|ug

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