On Mar 10 2004  PETER COGGON wrote to PHIL SIMPSON:

PS>Traffic is slow in a great many echos lately. Maybe things will
PS>pick up.  :)

 PC> The reason traffic is slow, is most likely that the BBSes in the
 PC> world are a thing of the past, and why bother to put up with echo
 PC> rules which sort of stopped folks from real free-for-alls. 

There a re lots of BBS's around by Telnet. Lots of these boards though
specialize in gaming. It was hard even in the BBS hayday to get people to
use the messaging. They were either interested in files or games. 

 PC> The Internet killed the BBS scene...killed the moderators...and I
 PC> love seeing them posting their rules based upon the idea that these
 PC> rules are from a pre-internet past.

There is still traffic and moderators are still around. Better than some
newsgroups I've seen where it's a disgrace to even show up.

 PC> Thats why everything here so far has been boring...eh?

If it's so boring and you believe everything is dead, why are you 
even here? :)

Have a nice day!
                  
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