Subj : Re: BBSes with interesting files collections
To   : esc
From : Adept
Date : Tue Oct 24 2023 04:07 pm

 es> On one hand I agree /mostly/, but there is something to be said for the
 es> way some BBSes have a lot of retro archives indexed in the unique way a
 es> BBS does. Searching for files and reading through file descriptions on
 es> BBSes is a better experience for me than trawling through FTPs :)

Yeah, things like file_id.diz being widely used certainly helps with getting useful amounts of metadata for all the various files.

But if I'm putting in the effort of putting together a file area, I feel like a _very_ simple HTML page with link, description, and space for a photo would be easier to look through.

But in saying all of this, I realize I mostly just go to individual sites for individual programs, depending on what I'm looking for, which is problematic when those sites aren't available.

And the sites that host lots of files that aren't from the host tend to be garbage sites, at which point a BBS is almost certainly better anyway.

So, okay, yeah, mostly agreeing, too. :)

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