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47 lines
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Golden Rules For Sysops
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March 10,1989
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James Taylor Sysop and Author
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Windsor Manor BBS 1-203-688-4973
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Windsor, Connecticut
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1. I will never post Golden Rules for Users, User Creeds, etc, etc to
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intimidate my callers into thinking they are doing something wrong.
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In the same light I will never gossip about a user. Gossip is the worst
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form of a Bulletin Board Virus.
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( The time limits and upload and download ratios and Board Policies I
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post will suffice.)
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2. I will never try to explain to a caller(no matter how true it is)how
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expensive their usage on my BBS is costing me.
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(Unless I am making a report to a Paying User.)
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3. I must realize that the caller has chosen my BBS to spend the next 30
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or more minutes to relax, and both of us are able to share information
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in a relatively new and exiting way. (Good files are like Golden Treasures
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to be sought and shared not hidden and the user deserves the
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considerations found in Rule #1.
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4. I must realize that there are some that would seek to do harm to me
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and my users through Virus and Trojan files and be vigilant and show
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concern.(Even Commercial Software costing several hundred dollars will
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have some statement to the effect that they are not responsible for any
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damage or loss by using that product. A giant step backwards in Consumer
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Protection?)
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5. I must realize the content of some files may be objectionable to some
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and the users must be the final judge and jury(with the exception
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of Commercial Softare in any form, and what what is within in the scope
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of my personal moral and ethical bounds.."Here I Stand...")of what is
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uploaded and available for downloading.
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The users will eventually shape and form,by trial and error, my BBS and
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the future of all BBS's. This I believe and accept.
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The above is based on the premise that the phenomenon of Bulletin Boards
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is in its infancy. The changes over the next 20 years will be Great.
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The future of the BBS will be more and more regulated by state and local
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Governments, related industries, and by User demands. With proper direction
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the Bulletin Board can become a major form of communication and home
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entertainment. "The Perfect Link between the Telephone and Television."
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Help Support The FREE BBS!
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Jim Taylor
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