My weekend History Lesson

[cj]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Yeah flat boards really sucked. They were hard as fuck to follow. Even a BBS was threaded on dialup.

Im not sure why community tools so long to get to the same place we were in DOS 13 years ago.

spoken like someone who wasn't there!!
I'm surprised at you saying something so ignorant! Millions was made through relationships made at ynot then condom then oprano ... so it doesn't work like that now, but back then it was the best solution for the people involved.

Yes flat boards were technologically behind, but communities don't thrive on technology, they are fed by people.

Oprano's has a threaded board ... but the old flat board was busier.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by cj

spoken like someone who wasn't there!!
I'm surprised at you saying something so ignorant! Millions was made through relationships made at ynot then condom then oprano ... so it doesn't work like that now, but back then it was the best solution for the people involved.

Yes flat boards were technologically behind, but communities don't thrive on technology, they are fed by people.

Oprano's has a threaded board ... but the old flat board was busier.

The board is merely a tool for the community. There were communities in the 70's based on CB-radio.

By today's standards the flat board technology sucks. Just as 300 bps sucks, CGA sucks, 5.25" floppy disks suck, etc.

I guess there's some sort of retro appeal as it takes some people back to the "good ole days" in much the same way as people like to play Pacman and Asteroids still even though they're on machines capable of running Halo 3.

However, just as in those cases, it only takes a few minutes to scratch the retro itch and realize it sucks as bad as GonZo's polyester disco shirts.

Dont believe it? Switch the board back to flat and see how long before people scream. Oh, wait, someone already did that....I dont think it made it to lunchtime.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by cj

spoken like someone who wasn't there!!
I'm surprised at you saying something so ignorant! Millions was made through relationships made at ynot then condom then oprano ... so it doesn't work like that now, but back then it was the best solution for the people involved.

Yes flat boards were technologically behind, but communities don't thrive on technology, they are fed by people.

Oprano's has a threaded board ... but the old flat board was busier.

I couldnt stand to read a flat board no more than I could stand working with the Waffle BBS interface.

It was busier too...and it sucked.

Grey shades sucked for looking at pictures too but there were rabid fans of gifdot that were printing those fuckers out postersize!

The old dos bbses were as busy as GFY is now. The tools were robust. It was all done with dial up and netmail systems, automated transfers and offline mail readers.

Too many of us are creatures of habit and if you cant put things in front of us in an organized fashion...we just dont use them.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by gonzo

I couldnt stand to read a flat board no more than I could stand working with the Waffle BBS interface.

It was busier too...and it sucked.

Grey shades sucked for looking at pictures too but there were rabid fans of gifdot that were printing those fuckers out postersize!

Those babes were hot on greenbar.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

Those babes were hot on greenbar.

I still have a box of that shit around here along with a case of ribbons.

It sucks!