-=> Quoting Sean Dennis to Eric Oulashin on 01-25-11  10:05 <=-

 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.

 SD> I've been calling Fidonet that since I first "joined" as
a point back
 SD> in 1996. 
 SD> In several echoes that's still very much the case.  Check out
 SD> FTSC_PUBLIC around FTSC election time (November-December every year). 
 SD> You'll see more sh*t-slinging in there than primetime at the monkey
 SD> cage at the zoo.  Yet the FTSC wonders why it considers itself still
 SD> relevant while the rest of Fidonet thinks it's a joke...
 
As I told Eric...  it depends where one is how it appears... I've heard
more talk about it being Fight-o-net than actually seen it happen, but
then I tend to not be where the slinging happens...  :)  And I know that
in some places where things used to be pretty bad they are much toned
down now...  :)

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

 SD> Fidonet has always been controlled anarchy, just like USENET.

Ah, but...  Fidonet succeeded better at controlling the anarchy... ;)
Generally, anyway...  ;)

ttyl        neb

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