Subj : Re: Running a BBS
To : Commodore Clifford
From : paulie420
Date : Mon Jun 19 2023 06:33 pm
CC> For the Atari crowd, the "Retro Revolution" breathed some life into it,
CC> but at the end of the day it's still mostly the SysOps (and not even all
CC> of them) and a handful of "callers" who keep the activity going. A lot
CC> of the "activity" seems to center around topics that probably make you
CC> wonder if some of these guys ever got out of a high school mentality...
CC> though it can still be entertaining. Some of our BBS's can get 10-20
CC> messages a day and a dozen callers.
I agree - the Atari, Commodore and [some] Amiga boards seem to get ALL those platforms callers; which they should... I feel like the Mystic/Synchronet's are the 'dime a dozen'.
CC> Some of it is the uniqueness of the retro, but also... sometimes having
CC> that social media presence helps. After all, Particles! (Commodore BBS)
CC> has been active all this time, even during my "dead" years. I think his
CC> Facebook page probably had quite a bit to do with it.
Yea man.. The Cave, Particles a few of the older Telegard boards - and many others that I'm not naming; they are the champions. The guys who never went OFFLINE in the first place. w0w.
