Ahhh BBS and the lighening fast 6kbps modem... green / amber screens... 11x17 green white paper... dot matrix printers... life was so different and yet the same.
Traffic in the area definately qualshes most impulsive ('yeah sure... it'll only take me an hour to get there') best intensions gone awry quickly.
Each format has its own purpose and format, and each allows for individuality up so a sort, but they also seem vulnerable more and more to misuse as well, in that it isnt just two (or twelve) people looking to have fun innocently (or not so innocently)...
...now you have to worry about over-zealous (or even more dangerous - bored) law enforcement, the deranged and malicious, socio-political idealogs, and folks with questionable motivations LOL
Plus being able to carry around gizmos with near infinite platform fluidity has made it impossible for any one medium to have all the traffic and patronage as when there were fewer sites catering to a majority of clientelle demographics.
This all seemed so much simpler in the '90s...
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