Hello Ed,

 EK>>> I'm thinking the new web could be used in this method EK>to connect old
 >> Fidonet members again in a new way. It EK>would require real names only
 >> just like Fidonet.

Real names only, such as -

Duke Leto Atreides
Feyd-Rautha
Muad Dib
Loki
Reality
Jeff Snyder
Wayne Chirnside & his dog Spanky

[..]

 EK> The advantage would be new technology such as rich text / html messaging.
 EK> The ability to add an image or hyperlink. Receive notifications via email
 EK> and post a reply using email. Smartphone and tablet compatible.

That is not fidonet.  Not even in spirit.

 >> Using that link even makes you evade the censorship that recently had Tim
 >> Richardson banned from Fidonet by NAB-Ross for no reason at all. If memory
 >> serves me right, he used an account on your system to post here, but he no
 >> longer can. Why...?

 EK> Mr. Cassell requested a feed cut for Mr. Richardson.

So fucking what?

 EK> Then Richardson sent me an email telling me pretty much to stick the bbs
up
 EK> my ass!

I am sure Tim Richardson would not mind for you to post that
email here for all to read.  Unless, of course, you made it all
up.

 EK> Each web bbs conference can have it's elisted moderator to set rules and
 EK> sanction users if necessary.

No private elisting has any official status in fidonet.
Nor should it.  Otherwise, anybody could claim to be the
elisted moderator of the echo of their choice.

Now which elisted moderator do you wish to recognize
as being "the one and only"?  Would that be Larry, Curly,
or Moe?

 EK> https://blog.docsplace.org/forum/request-new/

 EK> Just an experiment, might work out, and might not. If Tom Jennings didn't
 EK> try his idea out none of us would be here today.

Fidonet was (and is) the idea and brainchild of a number
of sysops, not just Tom Jennings.  Fidonet is a community,
not an individual or personality cult.

If you would like to become part of this community, then
start acting like a responsible sysop.

--Lee

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