Hello Nicholas!

** On Thursday 28.11.24 - 08:19, Nicholas Boel wrote to All:

 >> Just trying to encourage utilizing other echos as a means to
 >> invite other people to join in if the topic is of interest.

 NB> If the topic is of interest to anyone, they can definitely
 NB> chime in right here, too!

That's if the topic is linux, but you know that I am referring  
to other topics (ie, off-topic) that might crop up here.


 NB> Unless you're referring to spam/cross posting our
 NB> conversation to multiple echos to see if anyone bites?
 NB> Though, I'm not really interested in chasing our not-so-
 NB> very imporatant conversation around Fidonet, either.

It's not chasing at all. It's just going to the proper room to  
be on topic.


 >> THAT is the way to build "ones that there's actual
 >> conversation in" too.   ;)

 NB> If we did that, this echo would end up empty, then. I
 NB> don't think it matters where we have our conversation. If
 NB> people want in, they'll join no matter where the
 NB> conversation is taking place.

If you're ok with off-topic messages in any echo, what's the  
point in having named echos?  The echos in FTN may as well be  
just a number.  Echos have a name for a reason - to indicate a  
topic.  And if the topic veers, there are other appropriate  
echos to take it there.


 NB> At the rate of decline of this network, we should be happy
 NB> we have any conversation at all, to be honest. At this
 NB> point, there's more robot postings in Fidonet than actual
 NB> conversation. :)

At this rate we should encourage good stewardship of echos and  
support the available ones too, unlike what has happend to  
newsgroups filled with totally unrelated things in their areas.

Sadly, yes.. FTN/echos is not necessarily a growing tech. But  
we shouldn't allow it to become like the garbage bin that many  
newsgroups have become.

FUTURE4FIDO echo is a fine place to have this conversation.   
The echo is one of several that participates in the Telegram  
BBS project which facilites bridging smartphone users to FTN  
users.  I believe the Telegram BBS is written entirely in perl.

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