September 5th, 2017:

	As I was saying yesterday, I'm making a more conscious effort to 
stay (actively) engaged with/in the Usenet, Gopher, and BBS worlds.  I 
much prefer their relative simplicity compared to the more "consumable" 
internet (web, social media apps, et cetera).

I'm on the Usenet virtually every day, reading through what few articles 
pique my interest.  A few groups still have active discussions, and others 
(alt.cyperpunk, for example) are starting to wake up thanks to returning 
"regs".  Some groups contain nothing but crossposted spam and/or the 
ramblings of racist (and probably mentally ill) partisans, but that's what 
killfiles are for.

As for the BBS world, I was on a few Telnet BBSes a couple of years ago, 
but these days I'm on one: Sursum Corda BBS, a family friendly board with 
Catholic leanings.  It's not bad, but there's more out there.  I'm going 
to try a few more to see who and what is out there, and try to participate 
more... rather than just download my QWK packets and move on.

The Gopher world has really taken off again, with phlogs gaining in 
popularity.  This is what inspired me to post again, knowing there's a 
growing community and therefore a growing audience.  There's even a Phlog 
Aggregator now, a sort of Gopher RSS, which I thought was a great idea.  I 
discovered a couple of phlogs I'd have otherwise missed!  I'll put a link 
to the aggregator on my main page soon.

I'm just hoping that the majority of these new phlogs will stick around, 
and last more than a couple of posts...