On 06/26/15, Matt Bedynek pondered and said...
 
 MB> I am also impressed to see that software is still being actively
 MB> developed. The authors of binkd, husky, synchronet, ezycom, mystic and
 MB> more have done an immeasurable service.  At the time circumstances

Hi Matt,

Welcome ;)

I agree with you, it's great to see software continuing to be developed in
2015 and there are a core bunch of devs and users still very active in FTN
style nets. Those involved with running systems I suspect outnumber those
connecting in to use them...but that's only a hunch and nothing I can say is
truthful for sure.

 MB> wondering how active are bulletin boards today?  How many visitors do
 MB> you see and what type of things do they come for?   Seeing the energy

Messaging and online games mostly, from all across the globe they connect.
USA, Russia, Italy, New Zealand (where I am), Australia and other locales.

 MB> Something was lost when we moved to the internet and it has become more
 MB> evident in recent time.  Increasingly the internet is becoming more a

Its a bigger digital space but it's only being used at one tenth its
capability when concentration of mass has led to so many congragating in so
few online areas. I think those early digital users were more 'social' than
our contemporary online users of social media and HTML.

 MB> Your thoughts?

As per the others comments, welcome and nice to see you here / active.

Best, Paul

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