Thom wrote (2022-02-25):

 TL> Afer a long vacation I came back as a point....and Lo and Behold, the
 TL> Fido Politics are still bubbling up

 TL> I see some familair  names and read some familair agendas.

Everyone left with the exception of a few *Cs, committee members, mods, hubs and software developers. No real progress is made. Sometimes a new user shows up and is declared a troll. A few get bitten by the undead zombies and join the conversation of the braindead. Until one day a weirdo AI will compile its own FTN software with the help of github copilot and spam the network to death. Only a few will notice, even fewer will care.