🚀 go-pugleaf

> users in areas like this one even know the areas EXIST, let alone
> their more than a little cryptic names. - the JOIN function confuses
> the hell out of the users I've watched here over the past two years -
> I have perhaps FOUR users, out of hundreds who have come and gone, who
> actually configured a JOIN file and use the NEW command at login. The
> rest simply gave up and don't call anymore.... and that bothers me,
> given the time and energy I've spent laying the system out for them,
> and the raw power Waffle gives those who are willing to sweat to
> discover it... hell, I even post user.doc as EVERY user's first mail

Out of about 2500 accounts here, there are 500 with join files.
(Many of the remaining 2000 are either one time callers that haven't
been purged, people who use E-Mail only, or people who call to
download wafxxx.zip, or whatnot..) That's about a 25% 'success' ratio.
Your mileage may vary, depending on the local gene pool.

Seriously, if all your users are used to one type of system popular
in your area, say PCBoard or Maximus or MajorBBS or Citadel, that's a
skill that doesn't necessarily transfer to other areas where different
BBS programs are popular. Citadel is an extreme example: if we turned
Waffle into a Citadel interface, it might become more popular in areas
that run Citadel. But certainly not elsewhere.

...Tom

dell@vox.darkside.com / Thomas E Dell