If it were me, today, I'd fill out applications for;
fsxNet
zer0net

Now I'm tempted to sign up for zer0net...

My BBS has only fsxNet and Fidonet, and I probably wouldn't notice if Fidonet stopped having messages. But it's kinda neat to be in a net that's continuously existed for 40 years, even if the net has limited value.

Realistically, since my BBS is _mostly_ just for me, the question becomes more of, "what message bases would I actually end up reading?", and it's oftentimes rare that I get beyond this message area.

And I figure that most people, when signing up for nets, wind up doing it during the, "My BBS is going to have everything!" stage that most people seem to get when getting started.

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If it were me, today, I'd fill out applications for;
fsxNet
zer0net

Now I'm tempted to sign up for zer0net...

Dude - you should... zer0 changed last year and allows non-scene [demoscene, ansi, warez; legacy scene] bbSes - I can make sure you're accepted, and its been getting substantially more traffic since the changes!

Get yer app sent!!

Realistically, since my BBS is _mostly_ just for me, the question
becomes more of, "what message bases would I actually end up reading?", and it's oftentimes rare that I get beyond this message area.

And I figure that most people, when signing up for nets, wind up doing it during the, "My BBS is going to have everything!" stage that most people seem to get when getting started.

I think you'd like the zer0 crowd... a mix between fsxNet and ArakNet; and ANSi is a part of zer0... we need Adept in our FTN-lives!

:P



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On 13 Oct 2025, Adept said the following...

Now I'm tempted to sign up for zer0net...

My BBS has only fsxNet and Fidonet, and I probably wouldn't notice if Fidonet stopped having messages. But it's kinda neat to be in a net
that's continuously existed for 40 years, even if the net has limited value.

Realistically, since my BBS is _mostly_ just for me, the question
becomes more of, "what message bases would I actually end up reading?", and it's oftentimes rare that I get beyond this message area.

And I figure that most people, when signing up for nets, wind up doing it during the, "My BBS is going to have everything!" stage that most people seem to get when getting started.

This is something I would apply too as well even though I don't have any regulars anymore. I do want to wait until I have my BBS back on standard X86/64 hardware first.

Then it will be worth the sign up.

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On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 19:01:28 -0700
"paulie420" (21:2/150) <paulie420@f150.n2.z21.fidonet> wrote:

If it were me, today, I'd fill out applications for;
fsxNet
zer0net

Now I'm tempted to sign up for zer0net...

Dude - you should... zer0 changed last year and allows non-scene
[demoscene, ansi, warez; legacy scene] bbSes - I can make sure you're accepted, and its been getting substantially more traffic since the
changes!

Get yer app sent!!

Realistically, since my BBS is _mostly_ just for me, the question becomes more of, "what message bases would I actually end up
reading?", and it's oftentimes rare that I get beyond this
message area.

And I figure that most people, when signing up for nets, wind up
doing it during the, "My BBS is going to have everything!" stage
that most people seem to get when getting started.

I think you'd like the zer0 crowd... a mix between fsxNet and
ArakNet; and ANSi is a part of zer0... we need Adept in our FTN-lives!

I applied in 2000 and was basically ignored. Screw that.
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Adept wrote to paulie420 <=-

My BBS has only fsxNet and Fidonet, and I probably wouldn't notice if Fidonet stopped having messages. But it's kinda neat to be in a net
that's continuously existed for 40 years, even if the net has limited value.

Almost everyone I know has a Fido node number, it's nice to have a common
netmail platform.

We could all choose to take over an echo or two on Fido and create some
traffic... :)

And I figure that most people, when signing up for nets, wind up doing
it during the, "My BBS is going to have everything!" stage that most people seem to get when getting started.

Lots of zone ops are turned off by net.collectors. They want boards to
contribute to their nets, not just collect them for bragging rights on
a BBS ad.





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My BBS has only fsxNet and Fidonet, and I probably wouldn't notice if Fidonet stopped having messages. But it's kinda neat to be in a net that's continuously existed for 40 years, even if the net has limited value.

Almost everyone I know has a Fido node number, it's nice to have a common
netmail platform.

Yeah, and you don't have to carry the echoes, if you chose not to. ;)

We could all choose to take over an echo or two on Fido and create some
traffic... :)

I have sort of done that with MEMORIES. The moderator has been away, so I moved a few things there and got a couple of people responding to them.
Now, they are talking to each other about HAM memories. ;)


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Almost everyone I know has a Fido node number, it's nice to have a
common netmail platform.

It's e-mail, but harder!

Though, yeah, agreed, there is some value in that, even if people ignore the echos entirely.

We could all choose to take over an echo or two on Fido and create some
traffic... :)

Sounds kinda fun, though we could also just post in FSXnet, and basically everyone is already here. :)

Lots of zone ops are turned off by net.collectors. They want boards to
contribute to their nets, not just collect them for bragging rights on
a BBS ad.

It does make sense. Especially with networks, where the value is in what people bring to the network. "Another BBS that is connected, but never sends any traffic, probably no one even reads the messages, and will suddenly disappear one day." is probably more work than it's worth.

Though that level of work contributes to a lot of things. So much that _could_ be done, but it's all hobbies for the fun of it. And most people don't get into hobbies so they can feel like they're doing extra unpaid work.

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