Msg: 193 *Conference*
07-09-91 11:44:45
From: RICHARD HANSON
To : JIM SCHEEF
Subj: REPLY TO MSG #191 (BOARDWATCH)
I appreciate your "new-user" insights, past and present. Your comment about going back to those boards that offer the most useful files in the easiest to download form strikes at the heart of bbs use, i.e., what's in it for me?" Then, as you matured--which could also mean that you became comfortable being online--you discovered the value of the message base. You also alluded to the new user as a "she." I don't know if that concept is correct. Even today, the new user is a "he." The "he" feedback, at this stage in my thinking is most important. Frankly, "hes" will log on to more systems than "she." No offence intended, of course. I can understand your comment about my making a big deal about this subject but I need to understand that which I do not fully understand. There are good reasons for my hashing this subject to death, right now. I'm looking for the base-concepts that drive the needs and desires of online use, without tainting the results. Again, I really appreciate your feedback. I hope others will add their two cents, as well, regardless of how trivial or obvious. That's what I'm looking for, i.e., what drives folks to use or not use online services. -Rick-