Usenet is unmoderated. Once you post it, it sticks forever. We could probably get one of the independent providers to give free access to a new newsgroup. Anyone have any thoughts?
I’ve used Usenet for my content needs for years because it’s so fast and risk free. I think we could also use it for our community discussions.
HUGE problem I see with using a BBS today is that telnet transmits in clear-text, which wasn’t much of an issue when we were still using dial-up modems. Suppose BBS software can be adapted for SSH, but to go through all that, may as well host shell accounts on a *nix platform IMO.
Off top of my head I can think of 2 BBS software that use SSH.
In any case, I would be hesitant on using any BBS that I cannot use key-based authentication.
If determined on clear-text BBS… may as well consider using Gopher instead of HTTP… just a thought since we’re pulling out the legacy protocols.
DOORs would def need to be a part of any BBS project… can’t imagine this would be that easy considering nearly all of them were DOS.