From: vocatus@bigfoot.com
Aren't blogs like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace becoming so popular they're
hastening the demise of BBS's?
"Jeff Snyder" wrote in message
news:2009072715572111272-workingclasspeon@yahoocom...
>I think that as BBS SysOps and users, we all need to face the cold reality
>of the situation; and that is that the heyday of BBS'ing is long past, just
>as the "vines" of FidoNet, DOVE.net and other message networks are slowly
>withering, and are now almost completely dried up.
>
> Let's be honest with ourselves. What is left really, other than mainly
> SysOps running their own boards, and chatting with each other, and
> visiting each other's boards? Sure, we occasionally get new users, but in
> reality, how many of those users are regular returnees?
>
> Most BBS visitors, other than visiting SysOps, log on out of curiosity, or
> perhaps nostalgia, and once their curiosity is satisfied, and they
> realize how "archaic" BBS'ing is with its ANSI graphics and CLI -- at
> least when compared to the ease-of-use of the WWW -- are gone, never to
> return.
>
> Some programmers can try to spiff up BBS software like Synchronet or
> Hermes, or whatever, so that it is more like the WWW, and presumably more
> attractive; but the truth is, once you do that, then it is really no
> longer a true BBS as BBSes were known back in the 80's and 90's. It has
> become some kind of technological chimera.
>
> Is that what we want? Some kind of monstrous hybrid?
>
> Or is it better to let BBS'ing die with grace in its original form with
> its clunky CLI and ANSI graphics?
>
> In the end, all we can do is enjoy what little is left of the BBS'ing
> world, for whatever time remains. It was a nice ride, but it is about
> over.
>
> That's technological progress.
>
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