Re: Re: Good to be back
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Toadster on Sat Mar 01 2025 06:50 am

Toadster wrote to Bogomips <=-

So yeah, I'm off Facebook, I'm off Twitter, or X or whatever it is now, I'm off Instagram; you name it, I'm off it. And I don't think I've ever gone ON TikTok.

I think TikTok is the only social media I can trust these days. It's an
odd world we live in.

I only use Facebook Messenger to communicate with family. I have never actually used Facebook app. I used the web page to set up my account so I could use Messenger. I hear of people wasting a lot of time on those social sites. I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Mar 01 2025 07:55 am

Re: Re: Good to be back
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Toadster on Sat Mar 01 2025 06:50 am

I think TikTok is the only social media I can trust these days. It's an odd world we live in.

I hadn't heard of TikTok until it was in the news in early 2000, when I star hearing the US government wanted to block it due to being possibly spyware since it's developed in China.

Nightfox

Has Tiktok been around that long? I am out of step with the times.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Eddie Wilson to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 10 2025 01:34 pm

I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.

That sounds a bit grim. :-?
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Eddie Wilson to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 10 2025 01:34 pm

an odd world we live in.

I only use Facebook Messenger to communicate with family. I have
never actually used Facebook app. I used the web page to set up my
account so I could use Messenger. I hear of people wasting a lot of
time on those social sites. I like the BBS scene and it works for

why don't you just text them or call them
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to Eddie Wilson on Wed Sep 10 2025 12:07 pm

I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.

That sounds a bit grim. :-?

Grim, but probably true for the lot of us lol.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: The Lizard Master to Digital Man on Mon Sep 15 2025 06:48 am

Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to Eddie Wilson on Wed Sep 10 2025 12:07 pm

I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.

That sounds a bit grim. :-?

Grim, but probably true for the lot of us lol.

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)
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Hi Digital,
In a message to The Lizard Master you wrote:

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing
drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

Shawn

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Digital Man on Tue Sep 16 2025 05:29 am

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing
drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

The new Spinal Tap film is AMAZING.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: The Lizard Master to Tiny on Mon Sep 22 2025 08:00 am

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

The new Spinal Tap film is AMAZING.

well maybe i wasnt in the right mood for it. i'll give it another try.
the original was just a weird type of special.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: MRO to The Lizard Master on Mon Sep 22 2025 08:19 pm

The new Spinal Tap film is AMAZING.

well maybe i wasnt in the right mood for it. i'll give it another try.
the original was just a weird type of special.

I was 14 years old when I saw the original; I was a "serious" long-haired musician, so I didn't think it was funny... at all. Older friends kept referring to it and re-watching it and over time, I started to "get it" and now it's one of my all time favorite movies. So I think you have to either:

1) think musicians take themselves too seriously and so think it's funny to see them taken down a notch like that (even if only fictionally), or:

2) be a musican that does not take themselves too seriously and basically laugh at the absurdity of your past-time/profession
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 09:00 pm

Older friends kept referring to it and re-watching it and over time,
I started to "get it" and now it's one of my all time favorite
movies. So I think you have to either:

1) think musicians take themselves too seriously and so think it's
funny to see them taken down a notch like that (even if only
fictionally), or:

2) be a musican that does not take themselves too seriously and
basically laugh at the absurdity of your past-time/profession

and did you scratch an 11 on your amps?

spinaltap also has a certain peculiar humor that a lot of people wouln't get. you have to have a developed sense of humor to really enjoy it.

best in show which has christopher guest and michael mckean (and tons of
other comics) is another mocumentary that i'd recommend.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: MRO to Digital Man on Mon Sep 22 2025 11:38 pm

Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 09:00 pm

Older friends kept referring to it and re-watching it and over time,
I started to "get it" and now it's one of my all time favorite
movies. So I think you have to either:

1) think musicians take themselves too seriously and so think it's
funny to see them taken down a notch like that (even if only fictionally), or:

2) be a musican that does not take themselves too seriously and
basically laugh at the absurdity of your past-time/profession

and did you scratch an 11 on your amps?

Nope, but quoted that scene far too many times. And an old band mate of mine used to have that line on his muscle car license plate frame: "these go to eleven".

spinaltap also has a certain peculiar humor that a lot of people wouln't get. you have to have a developed sense of humor to really enjoy it.

Yeah, I think it's very Monty Python-esque humor.

best in show which has christopher guest and michael mckean (and tons of other comics) is another mocumentary that i'd recommend.

Yeah, there's a few. A Mighty Wind is probably the most similar to This Is Spinal Tap.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 10:13 pm

Yeah, there's a few. A Mighty Wind is probably the most similar
to This Is Spinal Tap.

oh thanks for that. i didnt know about that movie. i'll watch that if i get some time off from work.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Matthew Munson to DIGITAL MAN on Thu Sep 18 2025 07:39 pm

I saw a preview of a documentary about Phil Collins, he said he wanted
to be known more as a drummer than a vocalist.

I say sound engineer first, drummer second. Vocalist is further down the list and 'decent human being' is waaaaaaaaaaaay further down :D. But damn, the production quality of his tracks is second to none!

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Re: Good to be back
By: Eddie Wilson to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 12:59 pm

I like the original Dracula movie starring Bela Lugosi.

To that, I of course have to say...

http://youtu.be/OKRJfIPiJGY

undead undead undead!

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Matthew Munson to DIGITAL MAN on Thu Sep 18 2025 07:39 pm

I saw a preview of a documentary about Phil Collins, he said he wanted
to be known more as a drummer than a vocalist.

I say sound engineer first, drummer second. Vocalist is further down
the list and 'decent human being' is waaaaaaaaaaaay further down :D.
But damn, the production quality of his tracks is second to none!

Don't know about him as a person, but someone who can sing then switch
to singing and drumming, live, that kind of talent impresses me.



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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: MRO to The Lizard Master on Mon Sep 22 2025 08:19 pm

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

The new Spinal Tap film is AMAZING.

well maybe i wasnt in the right mood for it. i'll give it another try.
the original was just a weird type of special.

If you don't like the original, it will be hard to like the new one. Fans of the original will love the new Spinal Tap though. My daughter loved it too which was nice.

It's unscripted adlib too so you have to appreciate that style a little too I guess.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 09:00 pm

The new Spinal Tap film is AMAZING.

well maybe i wasnt in the right mood for it. i'll give it another try. the original was just a weird type of special.

I was 14 years old when I saw the original; I was a "serious" long-haired musician, so I didn't think it was funny... at all. Older friends kept referring to it and re-watching it and over time, I started to "get it" and now it's one of my all time favorite movies. So I think you have to either:

1) think musicians take themselves too seriously and so think it's funny to see them taken down a notch like that (even if only fictionally), or:

2) be a musican that does not take themselves too seriously and basically laugh at the absurdity of your past-time/profession

I saw it when I was a kid too. I didn't realize it was a comedy going in so I was blown away haha, I checked it out of the library thinking it was a real documentary about a band. My daughter is a drummer too and really got a kick out of it, I've been playing music with people my whole life too so could be that too.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: The Lizard Master to MRO on Wed Sep 24 2025 05:00 am

well maybe i wasnt in the right mood for it. i'll give it another
try. the original was just a weird type of special.

If you don't like the original, it will be hard to like the new one.
Fans of the original will love the new Spinal Tap though. My
daughter loved it too which was nice.

i liked the original. but the 2nd one made me want switch it off.
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Re: Good to be back
By: Eddie Wilson to MRO on Mon Sep 22 2025 12:59 pm

To that, I of course have to say...

http://youtu.be/OKRJfIPiJGY

undead undead undead!

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Eddie Wilson to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 10 2025 01:34 pm

Re: Re: Good to be back
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Toadster on Sat Mar 01 2025 06:50 am

Toadster wrote to Bogomips <=-

So yeah, I'm off Facebook, I'm off Twitter, or X or whatever it is n I'm off Instagram; you name it, I'm off it. And I don't think I've e gone ON TikTok.

I think TikTok is the only social media I can trust these days. It's an odd world we live in.

I only use Facebook Messenger to communicate with family. I have never actua used Facebook app. I used the web page to set up my account so I could use Messenger. I hear of people wasting a lot of time on those social sites. I l the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.
Eddie,
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http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080

About the same here Eddie. The social media has become one big commercial. Elmer
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Eddie Wilson to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 10 2025 01:34 pm

About the same here Eddie. The social media has become one big commercial. Elmer
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23

I see a lot of weird AI images and videos on YOUTUBE. I tried to get back into it but had to leave it alone again. The short videos are hard to understand for me anyways. I hope you are doing well.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Elmer Quinn to Eddie Wilson on Thu Oct 23 2025 06:47:04

I hear of people wasting a lot of time on those social sites.

You do realize that BBSes are just another form of social media, right?

As for wasting time, that's subjective. I spend a few hours a day on Facebook and I'm enjoying myself. I also hang out on this BBS quite a bit and a stand-alone forum for the Commander X16. I don't play the fanboy game.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Mortar to Eddie Wilson on Sat Oct 25 2025 10:54 am

Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Elmer Quinn to Eddie Wilson on Thu Oct 23 2025 06:47:04

I hear of people wasting a lot of time on those social sites.

You do realize that BBSes are just another form of social media,
right?

As for wasting time, that's subjective. I spend a few hours a day
on Facebook and I'm enjoying myself. I also hang out on this BBS
quite a bit and a stand-alone forum for the Commander X16. I don't
play the fanboy game.

everytime is wasting time if you're not making money.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Mortar to Eddie Wilson on Sat Oct 25 2025 10:54:11

I hear of people wasting a lot of time on those social sites.

You do realize that BBSes are just another form of social media, right?

Yes, but there are several differences. On a BBS, for example, you are a lot less likely to have to wade through a bunch of advertisements for things that don't interest you, or a bunch of AI generated "content," or a lot of clickbait.

The quality of conversation, so long as you stay out of the politics echoes, isalso usually better.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Dumas Walker to Mortar on Sun Oct 26 2025 08:18 am

On a BBS, for example, you are a lot
less likely to have to wade through

What if you disable the message bases
entirely, leaving just files and doors?
Does that still make the BBS "social
media"?

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: phigan to Dumas Walker on Sun Oct 26 2025 12:11 pm

What if you disable the message bases
entirely, leaving just files and doors?
Does that still make the BBS "social
media"?

Some door games are multi-player, and perhaps that could still be considered a form of social media. Facebook has games like Candy Crush, etc..

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Dumas Walker to Mortar on Sun Oct 26 2025 08:18 am

You do realize that BBSes are just another form of social media,
right?

Yes, but there are several differences. On a BBS, for example,
you are a lot less likely to have to wade through a bunch of
advertisements for things that don't interest you, or a bunch of AI generated "content," or a lot of clickbait.

if you have a good adblocker, even on your phone, you wont see ads.

people are people. and the lack of an abundance of people is what has always hurt bbsing since after the 3rd wave. bbses are about people. imagine how much other services on the web would suck if just the operators talked to other operators.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: phigan to Dumas Walker on Sun Oct 26 2025 12:11:32

What if you disable the message bases entirely, leaving just files and doors > Does that still make the BBS "social media"?

I guess that depends on who is defining it. If the users are able to play eachother in the doors, they are doing something social, for example.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Sun Oct 26 2025 16:59:21

if you have a good adblocker, even on your phone, you wont see ads.

I question that on sites like FB, though, where the "ads" in question appear as"posts."
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Yes, but there are several differences. On a BBS, for example,
you are a lot less likely to have to wade through a bunch of advertisements for things that don't interest you, or a bunch
of AI generated "content," or a lot of clickbait.

The quality of conversation, so long as you stay out of the
politics echoes, isalso usually better. ---

Well said. I'll have to add this to the bulletin "The Hidden
Treasures Of A BBS".

Daryl

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Mon Oct 27 2025 08:13 am

Re: Re: Good to be back
By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Sun Oct 26 2025 16:59:21

if you have a good adblocker, even on your phone, you wont see ads.

I question that on sites like FB, though, where the "ads" in question
appear as"posts."

i dont see what you're talking about.
do you use any adblocker?
i have fbpurity but dont really use fb that much anymore period.
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Yes, but there are several differences. On a BBS, for example, you are a lot less likely to have to wade through a bunch of advertisements for things that don't interest you, or a bunch of AI generated "content," or
a lot of clickbait.

Yes, and members of the community are rather honestly interested in discussions that are meaningful and sharing thoughts rather than self-promotion and me me me first, and only.

There exceptions but still by far statistically speaking BBSes excel over Web 2.0 social networks in quality of the conversation and value per minute!

Here we engage each other like in the old times, not that we're engaged by algorithms and product design to scroll mindlessly and consume ads.

Of course that's the extension of your answer Dumas, not response to yours.

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What if you disable the message bases
entirely, leaving just files and doors?
Does that still make the BBS "social
media"?

social media not. but social network yes. As still through gaming you can socialize with others very well.
If you narrowed that only to files though. That would be only content distribution with least social aspect of it, unless some form of discussion emerges from it. Then we come back to point number one.

I really like to highlight to many that social media and social networks are two different things, just evolved from each other.
Do you remember when all the social media sites were called social networking sites? It was then when they worked more towards connecting communities this way or another.

Then the business model turned them to media, which is about content consumption and social part of it is only related to the possibility to interact with the content (primarily ads. That makes social MEDIA more some fucked up mutation of TV, RADIO and Newspapers than any place I'd call a community development spot.

That's where BBSes even IRC... even Discord... or Mastodon are more about social NETWORKS than Media.
There are better or worse options for social NETWORKING.. but all social MEDIA are just exploiting us today with little value.

If I want TV I have paid streaming.. if I want radio... I actually still use radio. If I want music I actually digitalize music and create my own digital platform to consume (Spotify is another SOCIAL MEDIA place that I disregard personally). If I want news and articles then I actually came back to paper but digitalized as PDF distribution and read on tablets. Online portals are also more SOCIAL MEDIA with the bad connotation than added value these days (see click bait argument raised somewhere near already).

I find fighting with Web 2.0/Social Media legitimate even if Web as we know it died. But I love the idea that internet is a place that can help us all socially network at global scale.

I think federated/distributed and community owned nodes that represent the platform is better than centralized and I think that's why many of us are here.. many of us test Matrix or Mastodon... for the same reason..

I think many of us are fed up with centralized, corporate and ad infested platform to share ideas and discuss them together. even just consuming..


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if you have a good adblocker, even on your phone, you wont see ads.

That sorts many issues, yes. But I see that ad-infested engagement way further than simple ads to be blocked today.
Clickbait articles, AI generated content (FB, Reddit, dev.to). AI generated groups on FB.clearly pushed to your eyes by the algorithm.

this is eternal fight for both sides that will never end.

-h1

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: hollowone to Dumas Walker on Tue Oct 28 2025 04:06:00

Of course that's the extension of your answer Dumas, not response to yours.

And a good extension at that. Thanks! ;)
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: hollowone to MRO on Tue Oct 28 2025 04:18 am

if you have a good adblocker, even on your phone, you wont see ads.

That sorts many issues, yes. But I see that ad-infested engagement
way further than simple ads to be blocked today. Clickbait articles,
AI generated content (FB, Reddit, dev.to). AI generated groups
on FB.clearly pushed to your eyes by the algorithm.

this is eternal fight for both sides that will never end.

i dont really see that much of that stuff. i dont consider it invasive if there's one ad on a page. i just dont want it fucking up my experience.
they have to pay the bills. think about how expensive it is to run a service for millions of people.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: phigan to Dumas Walker on Sun Oct 26 2025 12:11:32

What if you disable the message bases entirely, leaving just files and doors? Does that still make the BBS "social media"?

Not entirely, if the doors includes multi-player games.

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