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   -=> Quoting Simon Geddes to Simon Geddes on 09-21-19  21:18 <=-   
      
    SG> I like the idea of there being a semi-local contingent to the user   
    SG> base. Back in the nineties, I got local callers because it was a local   
    SG> rate call (amongst more spend-thrift national and even international   
    SG> callers). And similarly tended to call mostly local BBSes. I remember   
    SG> one BBS running on an Atari Falcon, a few miles down the road. Never   
    SG> met the person, but was good to have the shared experience of living   
    SG> locally.     
      
   Back then, I was mostly calling local bbses... and as long as the sysop   
   was active in the local areas, I'd tend to get active in at least the   
   general local message area...  :)  And met quite a few of the local   
   sysops and other local users...     
      
    SG> This more local approach to BBSing, alongside fidonet providing the   
    SG> international dimension, has a definite charm. Especially with the   
    SG> idea of your echomail messages working there way board by board across   
    SG> the globe, night by night.   
      
   To this day, in the era of accessing via telnet versus dialup, I still   
   like to be at least a little active in any local message areas on the   
   bbses I call.... and likewise enjoy the more global aspect of the   
   different nets echoing internationally... and always have... :)    
      
    SG> I think I'm just getting nostalgic as I hit middle age.    
      
   Nah.... but you might be recognizing more of the beauty of the concept   
   as you become more mature...    
      
   ttyl      neb   
      
   ... I finally found myself . . . now I don't know why!   
      
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