Subj : Re: Local vs Network message boards
To   : Utopian Galt
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun May 05 2024 08:32 am

-=> Utopian Galt wrote to Blue White <=-

 UG> And I tried to call my former bbs users to come back and it was even a
 UG> tough sell in 1996.

I am friends with quite a few of my callers from the '90s. When I
restarted the BBS as a telnettable BBS in the early 2000s, I invited
them back, and one or two of them called but never called back.

My co-sysop said one word - "Momentum". The 90s were the scene, and
after the BBS scene, people moved on to other scenes. There was no
reason to go back for most.

I didn't get that memo, apparently. Here I am, still reading my BBS
echomail in the morning with a cup of coffee, as I've done most mornings
since I started the BBS in 1991.

Odd, since before I started my own BBS, BBSing was a late-night thing,
because of busy signals and calling rates.



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