For the BBS sysops out there, what motivates you to keep running a BBS?

I've always enjoyed it as a way to provide a service people like using. I like customizing my BBS and setting things up on it that people want to use. I have also created some BBS add-ons and little software tools that I've shared, which I enjoy. I also like the networked message groups that are available.

At the same time, sometimes I get into a mood where I feel like there are other things that are more important to me, and my attention to my BBS drops a bit. I'm going through some things right now and I feel like my motivation to work on BBS stuff right now isn't what it once was, but I still like keeping my BBS running.

Also, running a BBS is a fairly obscure hobby. It seems there aren't many people these days who know what an old-school BBS is, and they might not totally understand it if you try to explain it to them.

Nightfox
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Re: What do you get out of running a BBS?
By: Nightfox to All on Tue Apr 06 2021 12:45 pm

For the BBS sysops out there, what motivates you to keep running a BBS?

I've always enjoyed it as a way to provide a service people like using. I like
customizing my BBS and setting things up on it that people want to use. I have als
created some BBS add-ons and little software tools that I've shared, which I enjoy.
also like the networked message groups that are available.

At the same time, sometimes I get into a mood where I feel like there are other thi
that are more important to me, and my attention to my BBS drops a bit. I'm going
through some things right now and I feel like my motivation to work on BBS stuff ri
now isn't what it once was, but I still like keeping my BBS running.

Also, running a BBS is a fairly obscure hobby. It seems there aren't many people
these days who know what an old-school BBS is, and they might not totally understan
it if you try to explain it to them.

Nightfox

Not a BBS sysop here, but since I have helped deploy some, let's say, non popular
services, my take is this:

I like setting things up. And when something in IT is properly built, it is close to
zero maintenance, so that means I am always building stuff and piling it up in the
background.

Once something has been built I lose interest in it because I have already built it,
but as long as it can run by itself with minimal intervention I an keep it online. Or
pass it over to somebody who really wants to fiddle with it.

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