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|    Ennev to Jason H.    |
|    Re: The Death Of BBS'ing    |
|    12 Aug 09 15:07:11    |
      From: ennev@mtlgeek.synchro.net.remove-mar-this               To: Jason H.       Jason H. wrote:       > We can do all that, the web can do all that.       > we have to stop drawing the line between the two.       > we have to BLUR THE LINE.              totally with you on that, that's why I love synchronet so much, for       example i do most of my replies with nntp clients, i still use the       telnet interface a lot, but on the go news client are so convenient!              > the problem is, most sysops are lazy or stupid. they dont think about the big       > picture. they dont think about the psychology of it all.       >       > the run their shit and wonder why nobody calls and it ends with that.                     Stupid, i don't know, but I'll admit I'm lazy or lacking the time to       really promote and animate my board, but at least I'm not complaining       about it.              A board need to offer something different and unique to make it theses       days, just having a board on is not enough, was enough in 1981 where you       where the only option save CompuServe or a big $$$ service.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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