Subj : Re: Is binkp/d's security model kaputt?
To   : JoE DooM
From : Vk3jed
Date : Sun Dec 19 2021 08:01 pm

-=> On 12-19-21 20:20, JoE DooM wrote to Atreyu <=-

 JD> Yeah I agree to a point. I think that in all honesty, the type of
 JD> people that are attracted to BBSs are not the lowest common denomiator
 JD> type of people. Those people have Facebook (which for all intents and
 JD> purposes is *literally* old school BBSs with new technology and
 JD> seriously dumbed down message client)...

With some advances (such as multimedia capability, push notifications, etc),
and some drawbacks (sucky clients, tightly bound to the network (adds lag to
performance, slows reading, though the FB CDN helps a little, by shortening
ping times and caching content on servers capable of delivering it faster).

 JD> I know there are multiple angles on how BBS "modernisation" should
 JD> work, and that's fine, but the reality is we're doing things the "old
 JD> way" very intentionally.

I feel opening things up too much to the masses could kill the goose that laid
our golden egg.  Look at how things went downhill with mass access to social
media, yet there are still small, close knit groups on Facebook that are quite
good, because they're kept small and curated.

 JD> BBSs went through a modernisation when the Internet came along. And
 JD> hell, even the online web based forums suffer now because everyone just
 JD> wants to use Facebook.

Online web forums just suck, I never got into them, because of their poor
performance and navigation.

 JD> *shrug* I dunno. But as I said to deon in my last post, I honestly
 JD> think that if someone wants to change something, they will have to
 JD> develop it first and people will get onboard. Discussing grand ideas
 JD> will naturally result in people with different ideas not agreeing, or
 JD> diluting the ideas so much that nothing will get done.

For those who have that capability.



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 JD>  * Origin: Lost Underground BBS (21:1/230)

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