The Death Of BBS'ing
Jeff Snyder
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.
4poster
hastening the demise of BBS's?
"Jeff Snyder" <working_c...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Jeff Snyder
> Aren't blogs like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace becoming so popular they're
> hastening the demise of BBS's?
I don't know. Probably. I don't use any of those services. They are
just data mining sites which are monitored by the government and Big
Business. So many of today's Internet users are so naive. They seem to
have no problem with spilling out their guts on such sites. Personally,
I think they're all crazy. :)
Grant Taylor
> I don't know. Probably. I don't use any of those services. They are just
> data mining sites which are monitored by the government and Big
> Business. So many of today's Internet users are so naive. They seem to
> have no problem with spilling out their guts on such sites. Personally,
> I think they're all crazy. :)
I'm glad that I'm not the only person that thinks this way.
Can you imagine the uproar that would exist if people knew the
government created such a detailed database?
Grant. . . .
Jeff Snyder
Well, I have strong reason to believe that there are many such national
databases, which are in turn all connected to a GLOBAL database. For
example, if you know anything about banking, all roads seem to lead to
a core system in Brussels, Belgium.
If you want to know where this is all headed, just visit the Armageddon
BBS and read a few of my articles. :)
Grant Taylor
> Well, I have strong reason to believe that there are many such national
> databases, which are in turn all connected to a GLOBAL database. For
> example, if you know anything about banking, all roads seem to lead to a
> core system in Brussels, Belgium.
*chuckle*
> If you want to know where this is all headed, just visit the Armageddon
> BBS and read a few of my articles. :)
Thank you, but no thank you. I believe I'm paranoid enough already.
Grant. . . .