Hi Adam,
On , you wrote me:

 AC> Michael Gothreau wrote to Adam Clark:
 MG>> Hi Adam,
 MG>> On , you wrote me:
 MG>>  AC> WTF... I thought crossposting was just a usenet annoyance.
 MG>>  MG>>
 MG>> WTF, I thought it was an age old Fidonet practice.

 AC> Really?  How many Fidonet-capable systems even have that feature?

 AC> That's not really the point.  The point I'm making is that as I'm
 AC> adding in echos to my system, I'm finding it rather disheartening how 
 AC> many echos have
 AC> plenty of drivel cut & paste from websites, mailing lists,
 AC> newspapers, whatever.

 AC> I think if the format people wanted was what's out there on websites,
 AC> mailing lists, etc., people wouldn't be in the echos.  If everyone
 AC> cut & paste every story from every online news site, it'd destroy any 
 AC> bit of
 AC> conversation.

Did you have any comments about the article I posted, or the prompts I
placed at the end of the article?

If you aren't part of the solution, maybe you are part of the problem.

I'll be waiting to see what topic you offer up for discussion in this slow
traffic echo :)




From the desk of,

  Michael

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