-=> Quoting Kurt Weiske to Mark Hofmann on 02-21-11  19:41 <=-

 > small town where everyone knows each other.  Both have their own place.
 > Quality vs. quantity works better in my book.

 KW> I participate in online forums on dozens of sites on the internet.
 KW> None of them have a wide variety of echoes like a BBS does. On a BBS I
 KW> can get to know people by discussing politics, technology, hobbies,
 KW> sports, current events, conspiracy theories, &tc. Web forums are more
 KW> specialized, less personal. 
 KW> I'd compare BBSes to your local pub/coffee shop.

Or, as is often used as a comparison in some echoes (like MEMORIES and
COOKING), sitting around the kitchen table, or around the pot-bellied
stove in the general store...  ;)  Pull up a chair and join the
conversation.  Reason enough to keep developing the software that makes
the bbses able to keep functioning...  :)  (There, at least a stab at
getting back on-topic... )

ttyl      neb

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