>-=> Quoting Sam Alexander to Scott Adams <=-
 >
 >>  SA> What we used to do with the local boards was to block
someone on all
 >>  SA> systems if they were turds.  If someone logged into a
board and acted
 >>  SA> up,  their name or any information about that user went to all the
 >>  SA> other boards  in the area via an areawide Sysop echo, and
the user wa
 >>  SA> banned from  everyplace.  I'm sure other popular BBSes
would comply i
 >>  SA> you sent out a  similar message or at least threatened this on th e
 >>  SA> user.
 >>
 >>      Wow that bought back some memories.  In Jax we did that as well
 >>      a sorta "bad user" list shared among the entire
city of sysops.
 >>      Worked quite well especially for door users who had like 18
 >>      accounts in BRE on one board.
 >
 > SA> It did work well as I found out once.  When I was around 11 or 12 (new
 > SA> to  BBSing) I stumbled upon the password for the adult area of a local
 > SA> board  and under a friend's account (who was over 21) I would show-off
 > SA> the area to  friends.  These pics were black  and white and the women
 > SA> not even nude, but  to a 12 year old, it was gold!  I mistakenly
 > SA> accessed the area under my  account once and freaked when the sysop
 > SA> went into chat asking where I'd  gotten the password from.  Within 24
 > SA> hours I was banned from more then half  the boards until I wrote an
 > SA> apology letter, which I did.
 > SA> What's funny, now almost 20 years later, my wife works with the wife
 > SA> of  that Sysop, and though I've talked to him many times about BBSes at
 > SA> events  with my wife's work, I've never had the nerve to ask him about
 > SA> that  incident.  He might remember me being 'that kid', but dunno.
 > SA> Just too  funny none the less.
 >
 >    Heh...he might think it funny now though as its years later.
 >    But yeah some didn't care and gave XXX access right away to
 >    all who logged in.  But others had a code of standard.  We
 >    did have a responsibility.   It sounds corny now since the
 >    net wasn't around but those over 18 tended to respect that
 >    code.  The kids who ran boards tended to have a few pics
 >    but didn't know enough or had enough to merit worry.
 >    Now the net is up and free pics and movies can be found
 >    within seconds.....at least there was a code of conduct
 >    for a period...
 >

And the feds going after bbses before the law passed to protect bbses...
¨with those who have xxx files... without checking id's..... and keep them
on ¨record....

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