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The second major reason for calling a bbs is to use
the message basis. A reasonable amount of topics
should be made available by the Sysop, depending, of
course, on the nature of the specialty of the board.
NETS are a way to bring in a lot of conferences...but
if you have 400 Conferences with 98% of them having
0-5 messages in them....what is the point! I do not
have networks on my board, nor will I. I want people
in the area, conversing with people in the area. But
that is because my theme is building a community
spirit in Tidewater, VA. I really don't want to
talk with anyone from Oregon, for example, if most of
the conferences is filled with out of state messages.
The idea is to get local people involved, in my
humble opinion.
I offer about 80 conferences on my board ranging from
conferences for your pets, to adult conferences.
There is a little bit of something for everyone in
the family. But that is my theme. If you are a
speciality board...then your conferences should
reflect that idea.
Whether to restrict conferences is up to you and the
different security levels on the board. I have
TEEN conferences that no adults are allowed in. And
teens cannot into certain general conferences that
are geared mainly for over 18 people.