Subj : What do you get out of running a BBS?
To : Nightfox
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Apr 06 2021 03:17 pm
Re: What do you get out of running a BBS?
By: Nightfox to All on Tue Apr 06 2021 12:45 pm
> For the BBS sysops out there, what motivates you to keep running a BBS?
>
> I've always enjoyed it as a way to provide a service people like using. I
like
> customizing my BBS and setting things up on it that people want to use. I
have als
> created some BBS add-ons and little software tools that I've shared, which I
enjoy.
> also like the networked message groups that are available.
>
> At the same time, sometimes I get into a mood where I feel like there are
other thi
> that are more important to me, and my attention to my BBS drops a bit. I'm
going
> through some things right now and I feel like my motivation to work on BBS
stuff ri
> now isn't what it once was, but I still like keeping my BBS running.
>
> Also, running a BBS is a fairly obscure hobby. It seems there aren't many
people
> these days who know what an old-school BBS is, and they might not totally
understan
> it if you try to explain it to them.
>
> Nightfox
Not a BBS sysop here, but since I have helped deploy some, let's say, non
popular
services, my take is this:
I like setting things up. And when something in IT is properly built, it is
close to
zero maintenance, so that means I am always building stuff and piling it up in
the
background.
Once something has been built I lose interest in it because I have already
built it,
but as long as it can run by itself with minimal intervention I an keep it
online. Or
pass it over to somebody who really wants to fiddle with it.
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