• Re: Traffic

    From Mike@2:240/8050 to All on Wed Nov 15 17:37:46 2023
    BBS'ing costs money! But nearly every hobby costs money!

    OK, if you collect stones... not really!

    But I think BBS'ing makes more fun....

    So... another post here in the lonely conference....

    Greetings

    Mike


    On 19.05.2023 00:32, Alan Ianson wrote to Grant Weasner:

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    Have not seen any traffic here in a long time. Any one out there?
    The area is still connected.

    I just found this and I'm wondering about the thoughts of the hobby.

    Is it a hobby?

    If you are speaking about BBSing I think of it as a hobby.

    Fidonet (and other nets) are also a hobby. It was designed and run by hobbyists
    for the most part.

    I just think at one point it wasn't just a hobby, it was some people's business.

    I think some businesses have used BBS or FTN technology but BBSing and Fidonet
    have always been a hobby for me. I have never made money from it. Never wanted
    or expected too.

    I don't think it currently has a market for income today, but can't
    it be used for something more than links to none bbs systems?

    BBS and/or ftn technology could be used by a business but I doubt anyone ever
    made much money from it.

    Questions make more questions most of the time.

    Seth Able did make money from his LORD door game (in the early days) although I
    think he came upon success unexpectedly. I don't know where he is today.

    What a simple, yet awesome door he created. There are a few stories like his.

    RemoteAccess, FrontDoor and FastEcho had some amount of commercial success, and
    there are others like that as well.

    But for me BBSing has always simply been a hobby.

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  • From Flavio Bessa@4:801/188 to Mike on Mon Apr 15 16:31:20 2024
    On 15 Nov 2023, Mike said the following...

    So... another post here in the lonely conference....

    Why lonely? I am here as well...

    ... A book misplaced is a book lost

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  • From Flavio Bessa@4:801/188 to Dario Figueroa on Mon Apr 15 16:31:42 2024
    On 23 Oct 2022, Dario Figueroa said the following...

    Have not seen any traffic here in a long time. Any one out there?

    Check.

    ... Shortcut: longest distance between two points

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