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  • Using Reddit as the front door to your BBS

    From Lith@DIGDIST/ASIRTA to All on Fri Jul 22 17:27:53 2016
    Recently, I've been moving toward using Reddit as the front door to my BBS. By front door, I mean that it's a good place to make your BBS subreddit and then link all your BBS news, games, stuff there. Here are a few benefits I've noticed:

    * Reddit is always up
    * You can customize your subreddit with CSS
    * Links to other sites can be advertised
    * Subreddit posts can use RSS and imported into Synchronet message areas
    * Good way to network in your city/town
    * Another way to appear in google searches
    * Can assign moderators to help out
    * Helps keep BBS'ing mainstream

    Here's an example: Still have some work to do. Also, need to add the RSS feed to my Synchronet website.

    sub: /r/retrotucson

    Any thoughts on using Reddit with your BBS?

    lith,

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    ■ Synchronet ■ asirta.com - Retro Music / Games / Gear - asirta.com
  • From Nightfox@DIGDIST to Lith on Thu Jul 12 12:49:11 2018
    Re: Using Reddit as the front door to your BBS
    By: Lith to All on Fri Jul 22 2016 05:27 pm

    Recently, I've been moving toward using Reddit as the front door to my BBS. By front door, I mean that it's a good place to make your BBS subreddit and then link all your BBS news, games, stuff there. Here are a few benefits I've noticed:

    Any thoughts on using Reddit with your BBS?

    Sorry for the late reply..
    I've never used Reddit, but I've heard somewhere that Reddit is the most BBS-like of a web forum. Maybe I should check out Reddit some time.

    Nightfox
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    ■ Synchronet ■ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.com