Give this idea a chance and visit www.sysops-finest.org

All good but why a website? All people interested in the topic should understand how to connect to a board as a starter and having a discussion group here focused on sysop experience, support and troubleshooting as local value of a board or FTN is what I'd expect a primer.

And I think there is plenty of that around many FTNs already.

Website just adds a lot of unnecessary decoration.

-h1

... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

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On 08 Dec 2024, hollowone said the following...

Give this idea a chance and visit www.sysops-finest.org

All good but why a website? All people interested in the topic should understand how to connect to a board as a starter and having a
discussion group here focused on sysop experience, support and troubleshooting as local value of a board or FTN is what I'd expect a primer.

And I think there is plenty of that around many FTNs already.

Website just adds a lot of unnecessary decoration.

I will say I agree with this, it's a nice idea to have a site people can use to discuss but, for those in the scene already, this (BBS) is their primary hang out where they will ask for, and help out with, people's cries for help/advice/etc.

I run a pretty successful website with wiki and discussion and blog, but the majority of the help/advice happens either in the message bases on the FTN's or in Matrix. My feeling is that people now want to use BBS as a way to a) relive a nostalgic past, and/or b) to get away from the web and it's distractions.

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I run a pretty successful website with wiki and discussion and blog, but the majority of the help/advice happens either in the message bases on
the FTN's or in Matrix. My feeling is that people now want to use BBS as
a way to a) relive a nostalgic past, and/or b) to get away from the web and it's distractions.

Totally!

I can't imagine somebody wants to become a sysop without understanding the user/consumer perspective in this tech stack. And when you do so and start thinking about owning a board... HTTP is just a fucked up gopher full of exploits, if anything :)

forgive my French :)

-h1

... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

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On 16 Dec 2024, hollowone said the following...

I run a pretty successful website with wiki and discussion and blog, the majority of the help/advice happens either in the message bases o the FTN's or in Matrix. My feeling is that people now want to use BBS a way to a) relive a nostalgic past, and/or b) to get away from the w and it's distractions.

Totally!

I can't imagine somebody wants to become a sysop without understanding
the user/consumer perspective in this tech stack. And when you do so and start thinking about owning a board... HTTP is just a fucked up gopher full of exploits, if anything :)

forgive my French :)

Well the "colourful" expression you gave is right on the money imho =)

The web as we know it today, is not the web many people want to be in or use, and have chosen to find an alternative source of information, social interaction, education and recreation.

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... It said "insert disk #3", but only two will fit...

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The web as we know it today, is not the web many people want to be in or use, and have chosen to find an alternative source of information, social interaction, education and recreation.

I think with more promotion, advertising and posts on all of the things, that BBSes can continue to grow in the future. People WANT what we have to offer - they just don't know it.

2oFB has had a lot of traffic from non-BBS platforms like /r/eddit... while it doesn't jive with the vintage community, I'm kind of embracing it and want to venture into other platforms.

While I'm not sure it will happen, I can imagine BBSes catching on in a HUGE way if one advert campaign went 'viral'...



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