On 06-21-05, Rob Swindell said...
 
RS>   Re: Thoughts on....
RS>   By: Darryl Perry to All on Tue Jun 21 2005 02:34 pm
RS> 
RS>  > Hello all!
RS>  > 
RS>  > I am considering opening a new BBS, one that is adult oriented.  I know
RS> that
RS>  > there are alot of long-time sysops who read this echo, so I thought I'd
RS> pick
RS>  > your brains on the right-way/wrong-way of doing such a thing.  I want t
RS>  > protect myself as much as possible.
RS>  > 
RS>  > I've been sysoping for 15 years, and except for my first 2-3 years of d
RS>  > so, I never offered any adult material.  I was just flying under the ra
RS>  > then, didn't give a lot of attention to the news about the Rusty and Ed
RS>  > debacle.
RS>  > 
RS>  > Anyways, what are your thoughts on the best way to ensure that all the 
RS> users
RS>  > are of appropriate age and such?
RS> 
RS> The issue with Rusy and Edie's was with copyright violation (piracy), not
RS> underage users/downloaders/viers. Today, that's still the biggest issue. I
RS> you're gonna put (or allow the upload of) adult material, you gotta make s
RS> it's copyright-free so Playboy (or whoever) doesn't come after you.
RS> 
RS> Of course, that threat level is pretty low if you're just talking about a
RS> dial-up or Telnet BBS. I doubt very much adult content copyright holders a
RS> dialing or telnetting to BBSes much these days. But if you make those file
RS> availble for download via anonymous HTTP or FTP, then it's likely you'd ra
RS> a red flag eventually.

I don't really envision having picture files online for download.  I'm
thinking maybe text stories at the most.  The way I envision it is to have a
place taylored to user interaction, rather than just downloading porn.  

I would have it so that people would fill out in-depth profiles about
themselves and have that information available for other users to see.  It's
not a new concept by any means, but it's not something that is being used to
it's fullest in any of the BBSes I call in this day and age.

I guess what I'm getting at is that I want to go back to the very highpoint
of the BBSing era with adult oriented BBSes.  Basically a community where
people can get together and socialize by chatting, and messaging.

Gryphon, aka Darryl Perry
Sysop of Cyberia BBS, Kingwood, TX.
telnet://cyberia.darktech.org

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