-=> KK4QBN wrote to Mro <=-

 KK> LOL, I don'l let my religious or political beliefs govern my BBS, (but
 KK> will defend myself from persecution)

Same here (or lack of, in my case). :)

 KK> I'm in no race to get users, they call when they want to.. I have a
 KK> good many regulars who call many times a day, but its because I try to
 KK> welcome them on the system and have something here to please everyone.

I run my systems for one user - me.  If anyone else likes what I'm doing and
wants to stick around, great, but if they don't, that's fine by me too.

 KK> I would more than likely put "Tasteful Nudes" on the BBS for a certian
 KK> security level, because I've had people ask for the quality pics we
 KK> used to offer on our website.. we recruited good, up and coming models,
 KK> paid them well, followed all laws, and was always tasteful with the
 KK> sites.. we embedded tracking cookies to see what peoples bests
 KK> interests were, through referral links, etc.. and it seemed people
 KK> liked some raunchy stuff.. thats when we shut down.

Yes, back in the day, a lot of BBSs had somewhat "raunchy" sections, usually
only offered to users who the sysop had a particularly good relationship with. 
In the old days, our BBS had quite a lengthy application process, because of
the diversity of the message areas on the BBS.  The most important restricted
sections were "adult" (18+ - worked out from verified DOB), "LGBTI" (an option
in the application process), and "ham radio" (on verification of a valid ham
radio licence - this allowed access to the regional packet radio gateway echo).
 Other areas, like alternative religions - we had Christian, Pagan and Buddhist
echoes, among others, were open to registered users.

Today, no need, because the Internet provides the breadth of content.  There's
nothing "controversial" that I've seen in current echo lists.


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