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  • Time Warp BBS (Temp)

    From Bucko@21:4/131 to All on Friday, January 08, 2021 20:39:56
    Setting up a BBS for my cousin running C-Net 128 v7.2+ IT's REALLY basic
    right now, it is more to see how it handles new users etc.. The questions
    asked are the same nonsense that was done back in the 90's.. Phone number
    real name etc. If you want to put in a fake number that is fine by me, the
    rest I believe you can just hit return through.. If I decide to either keep this for myself or give it to my cousin when it goes live permanently the new user registration will be shortened..

    twbbs.ddnsfree.com:6428

    Give us a shout and check out what Commodore 128 BBS' were like back in the 90's..

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  • From Bob Roberts@21:2/118 to Bucko on Friday, January 08, 2021 19:13:00
    right now, it is more to see how it handles new users etc.. The questions asked are the same nonsense that was done back in the 90's.. Phone number real name etc. If you want to put in a fake number that is fine by me, the

    I cringe when I think about the BBS I ran in the 90's and how invasive the questions were to sign up. Address, Birthday, Gender? Why the hell did anyone need to know that to login to a BBS?

    Bob Roberts
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  • From Shitty@21:1/197 to Bob Roberts on Saturday, January 09, 2021 06:01:57
    I cringe when I think about the BBS I ran in the 90's and how invasive
    the questions were to sign up. Address, Birthday, Gender? Why the hell did anyone need to know that to login to a BBS?

    That's a good point. It's safe to assume that BBS SysOps back in the early
    days were sexual predators. I'm glad I always gave them fake info!

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Bob Roberts on Saturday, January 09, 2021 20:50:00
    On 01-08-21 19:13, Bob Roberts wrote to Bucko <=-

    I cringe when I think about the BBS I ran in the 90's and how invasive
    the questions were to sign up. Address, Birthday, Gender? Why the
    hell did anyone need to know that to login to a BBS?

    I pruned my new user questions a bit. :)


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  • From Bucko@21:4/131 to Bob Roberts on Saturday, January 09, 2021 07:25:45
    On 08 Jan 2021, Bob Roberts said the following...

    I cringe when I think about the BBS I ran in the 90's and how invasive
    the questions were to sign up. Address, Birthday, Gender? Why the hell did anyone

    need to know that to login to a BBS?


    I know.. My CNet Amiga board is the same way.. When updating Image BBS for
    the 64 we removed all that extra crap and just ask for name and email now.. Makes life so much easier!

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  • From Melkor@21:4/171 to Shitty on Saturday, January 09, 2021 12:57:23
    Re: Re: Time Warp BBS (Temp)
    By: Shitty to Bob Roberts on Sat Jan 09 2021 06:01 am

    Why the hell did anyone need to know that to login to a BBS?
    That's a good point. It's safe to assume that BBS SysOps back in the early days were sexual predators. I'm glad I always gave them fake info!
    My personal experience from back then is that 1. There were more females involved in bbsing then there are now. 2. There was a more diverse age range then there is now.
    So on my BBS back then I had a female co-sysop and she moderated a message area that was for females only. If you answered the questions correctly and were a female you got access to that area by it setting the proper flag. Also was in an adult (18+) message network so if you answered the age question correctly you had access to those areas. So there were some valid reasons for those questions back then.
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  • From Bob Roberts@21:2/118 to Melkor on Saturday, January 09, 2021 09:47:27
    My personal experience from back then is that 1. There were more females involved in bbsing then there
    are now. 2. There was a more diverse age range then there is now. So on my BBS back then I had a
    female co-sysop and she moderated a message area that was for females only. If you answered the
    questions correctly and were a female you got access to that area by it setting the proper flag. Also
    was in an adult (18+) message network so if you answered the age question correctly you had access to
    those areas. So there were some valid reasons for those questions back then. --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux

    I also think people are a lot more guarded with that type of personal info these days then back then. I would never provide my full DOB and address to some random site these days, but back then I did it freely and with a smile.



    Bob Roberts
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  • From Shitty@21:1/197 to Melkor on Saturday, January 09, 2021 18:12:36
    answered the age question correctly you had access to those areas. So there were some valid reasons for those questions back then.

    For porn purposes? lol

    It's funny to think about it now days because many of us know that's how
    dating sites work. They need to know gender, age, etc.

    But some early 90s sysops need to know which porn genre to give us access to!

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