Hello, Eric.

Monday January 24 2011 at 11:16, you wrote to NANCY BACKUS:

 EO> :)  There seems to still be some flaming in some of the echos..
 EO> Recently, I've heard some people refered to FidoNet as
"Fight-O-Net"
 EO> because of the lack of civility in some echos.  I hadn't noticed that
 EO> much before though, in the 90s.

I've been calling Fidonet that since I first "joined" as a point
back in 1996.

In several echoes that's still very much the case.  Check out FTSC_PUBLIC
around FTSC election time (November-December every year).  You'll see more
sh*t-slinging in there than primetime at the monkey cage at the zoo.  Yet
the FTSC wonders why it considers itself still relevant while the rest of
Fidonet thinks it's a joke...

 EO> I can understand that..  It seems that FidoNet has always been fairly
 EO> moderated with rules, whereas Usenet is not.

Fidonet has always been controlled anarchy, just like USENET.

Later,
Sean

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