BoingBoing move to substack

[MrShiv]

@Kii

maybe the owners of BB just didn’t care about how closing the BBS would upset people

Jason sure didn’t. No surprise there

[MerelyGifted]

I am going thru and editing/deleting my posts.

[sqlrob]

@danimagoo

Oh, and one of the wonderful new posts is an interview by Thom Dunn with an AI chatbot version of Linda Lovelace. Yeah…I’m done with BB.

WTF? I missed most of the clickbait since I usually only went to the BBS and those got pushed down relatively quickly. With no way to separate the chum I’m probably done as well. I was originally planning to give it a bit more of a try, but with the community here, I don’t think it matters any more,

[MerelyGifted]

I muted its stories, but occasionally visited the comments first. Yuck.

[Tall_Simon]

@LockeCJ

That’s not a plan for how you build a community, though, which I think is what is affecting people the most

Oh, 100% for me.

With everything going on during the pandemic, and not only globally, just the opportunity to exchange info, notes, stories with smart folks with a wide range of sensibly-held, often hard-won perspectives, and diverse expertise and backgrounds, was a balm for my soul.

I’ll admit it took me a while to get the rhythm of the place, and I’ll probably never hang out at the Meme threads (too bright for me), but the BBS bent and stretched my brain in all kinds of ultimately healthy ways.

@Kii

And maybe the owners of BB just didn’t care about how closing the BBS would upset people.

I think they seriously misjudged that. It takes a lot to upset me like that.

[Heikki]

@MrShiv

As someone who’s evidently not considered an “active, valued, and important member of the BBS community” myself, I say don’t feel bad for us. This whole thing was handled badly.

No idea how ended up on that list. Kinda think it was because I posted a lot.

[MerelyGifted]

Well, you ended up here because we value you!

[teknocholer]

@MerelyGifted

ANB is harshing waaay hard on Orenwolf.

And the hammer has come down. Someone is not amused.

[Abe_the_honest]

He needs to channel less Zuko and more Iroh

[KarlS]

In addition to that I suspect that the median Substack customer is some rando with opinions. That an established site does relatively well early on does not seem far-fetched.

[MerelyGifted]

Soooo much

[AnnaPhylaxis]

@Kii

And maybe the owners of BB just didn’t care about how closing the BBS would upset people. How it was a haven and a comfort during COVID particularly. Orenwolf is catching a lot of undeserved shit for it though.

I get they need to make money, to keep the lights on. I get this is how they decided it would work best. But the handling was botched.

I guess we’ll see how it plays out for them. How much of a draw was the community? Because most of the people I actually valued the opinions of have already left and come over here.

Be interesting to revisit this in December and see how they fare through November:

[Tammi_2.0]

[Nick_Warr]

Hey, many thanks for the invite, very happy there’s a place to continue the conversations, learning and humor I so valued in the BBS.

Hopefully I’m a good addition here, at the very least, it makes me feel pretty good, so a big thanks for that.

[Grey_Devil]

Welcome glad you made it over

[theophrastus]

So this is the secret party on the lifeboat from the BoingBoing iceberg? (appreciate the ability to italicize at least …looks quite Discourse-y?)

[MerelyGifted]

It is. And I’m so glad to see you!

[theophrastus]

Quite glad to see you-all! It was hard to see anyone at substack zone.

[Grey_Devil]

You’re here!

[evadrepus]

Hiya fellow mutant fugitives