I miss Fidonet, but I think people came to the BBS for the door games and stayed for the conversations and forums.
ANSI didn't have anything on animated GIFs.
Still I think the gap has never been filled. Thoughtful, mind changing discussion only happens offline in my world these days.
"Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone"
Some of those are around still, like Legend of the green dragon. They were great, sort of massive multiplayer online games, but just one at a time, though, I think LORD had some inter-BBS connectivity.
> Thoughtful, mind changing discussion only happens offline in my world these days.
I don't think it's just your world.
> "Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone"
I know it doesn't have all the words, but for some reason I could only think of the Iron Maiden - Wasted Years song based on that quote. It seems to fit well though.
Still I think the gap has never been filled. Thoughtful, mind changing discussion only happens offline in my world these days.
"Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone"