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   BBS'ing costs money! But nearly every hobby costs money!   
      
   OK, if you collect stones... not really!   
      
   But I think BBS'ing makes more fun....   
      
   So... another post here in the lonely conference....   
      
   Greetings   
      
   Mike   
      
      
   On 19.05.2023 00:32, Alan Ianson wrote to Grant Weasner:   
      
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   -> >> > Have not seen any traffic here in a long time.  Any one out there?   
   -> >> The area is still connected.   
   ->    
   -> > I just found this and I'm wondering about the thoughts of the hobby.   
   ->    
   -> > Is it a hobby?   
   ->    
   -> If you are speaking about BBSing I think of it as a hobby.   
   ->    
   -> Fidonet (and other nets) are also a hobby. It was designed and run by   
   hobbyists   
   -> for the most part.   
   ->    
   -> > I just think at one point it wasn't just a hobby, it was some people's   
   -> > business.   
   ->    
   -> I think some businesses have used BBS or FTN technology but BBSing and   
   Fidonet   
   -> have always been a hobby for me. I have never made money from it. Never   
   wanted   
   -> or expected too.   
   ->    
   -> > I don't think it currently has a market for income today, but can't   
   -> > it be used for something more than links to none bbs systems?   
   ->    
   -> BBS and/or ftn technology could be used by a business but I doubt anyone   
   ever   
   -> made much money from it.   
   ->    
   -> > Questions make more questions most of the time.   
   ->    
   -> Seth Able did make money from his LORD door game (in the early days)   
   although I   
   -> think he came upon success unexpectedly. I don't know where he is today.   
   ->    
   -> What a simple, yet awesome door he created. There are a few stories like   
   his.   
   ->    
   -> RemoteAccess, FrontDoor and FastEcho had some amount of commercial success,   
   and   
   -> there are others like that as well.   
   ->    
   -> But for me BBSing has always simply been a hobby.   
   ->    
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