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per_soloOk, no, not "Bigger, Better Shit", but Bulletin Board System (I think that's the right def).
Used to be, back in the olden days, that you'd log onto a Bulletin Board, and chat, either there on the board, or through an extended series of messages (much like how forums work nowadays).
Out of dozens, or hundreds, of Local BBS', there is now only one that I'm aware still exists.
Yes, I happen to still be an Aide on that board, even though I don't log in that frequently at all anymore. At last count, I think there were 5 people that posted there still, with a few of us who will bop in, post a quick comment, and then not say anything for a long time.
So, what do the masses think? Have BBS' gone the way of the dinosaurs? Are they worth the time to even try to keep them alive anymore, when you have better, quicker communication now? I'm talking your online forums, that serve much the same purpose, your Instant Messengers, which do the quick one on one communication, all that. It used to be that one of the main reasons to log into a BBS was to play "Door" games, but you can't even find those typically anymore. I remember one called Neverest Mountain, I think another was...crap, it was a space/trading game (Much like an online version of Dope Wars, which is what Drugrunners is an awful lot like).
So, what say you all, fun flashback to the early days of the net, or dead idea that has been subsumed by many different things in the last few years?
Used to be, back in the olden days, that you'd log onto a Bulletin Board, and chat, either there on the board, or through an extended series of messages (much like how forums work nowadays).
Out of dozens, or hundreds, of Local BBS', there is now only one that I'm aware still exists.
Yes, I happen to still be an Aide on that board, even though I don't log in that frequently at all anymore. At last count, I think there were 5 people that posted there still, with a few of us who will bop in, post a quick comment, and then not say anything for a long time.
So, what do the masses think? Have BBS' gone the way of the dinosaurs? Are they worth the time to even try to keep them alive anymore, when you have better, quicker communication now? I'm talking your online forums, that serve much the same purpose, your Instant Messengers, which do the quick one on one communication, all that. It used to be that one of the main reasons to log into a BBS was to play "Door" games, but you can't even find those typically anymore. I remember one called Neverest Mountain, I think another was...crap, it was a space/trading game (Much like an online version of Dope Wars, which is what Drugrunners is an awful lot like).
So, what say you all, fun flashback to the early days of the net, or dead idea that has been subsumed by many different things in the last few years?
