-=> Quoting Daryl Stout to SCOTT ADAMS <=-


 SA>     Wow that bought back some memories.  In Jax we did that as well
 SA>     a sorta "bad user" list shared among the entire city of sysops.
 SA>     Worked quite well especially for door users who had like 18
 SA>     accounts in BRE on one board.

 DS> When there were over a dozen BBS's in central Arkansas, there was a
 DS> "user blacklist" going around as well. At one
"gathering" of the now
 DS> defunct C.A.S.S. group (Central Arkansas Sysops Society), a user went
 DS> to apply for access to a BBS with adult related material...the
 DS> Sysop...a female..."carded" him on the spot!! Word got around fast
 DS> about these twits...then they wondered why they couldn't get access.
 DS> Imagine their shock when they found out that word had gotten out about
 DS> them!!

     At our height we had 3,000 boards.  But you gotta remember Jacksonville
     is 800 square miles (largest size city in the country).  We had
     at one point 4 major military bases and 2 smaller ones.  We were
     like 40% pure military at one point.  You couldn't walk the street
     without a military uniform or knowing someone.  So we had tons
     of boards.  The JPSA (Jax Public Sysop Association) did lists
     like that and it helped.  Man the memories.  I think we had about
     375 users at one time on it.   Of those about 30 were the top
     elite punks that were banned probably 90% of the boars. 

 DS> On my BBS, and on several others I've logged into, there is a
 DS> "disclaimer screen" at the start...in essence, by proceeding with
 DS> logon, they agree to certain rules that the Sysop has laid down...and
 DS> to "disconnct now if any of this is unacceptable".

     Yep.  Standard sop.  Course most punks never read it.

     So I got smart and did it at the end too.  Plus at the main login.
     Then at the callback door and after the callback door the util
     I had setup forced them to wait and read for like 90 seconds :)




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