WD> Joacim,
 WD>  
JM>> "certain people in power who abuse that power" ...
 WD>  
 WD> Is that hypothetically speaking? Because if it isn't I would like you
 WD> to expand a bit on this. Like ... names perhaps ?
 WD>  
 WD> Take care,

I'm sure you would but I've had my share of harassment and threats via netmail 
this year and I'm considering dropping Fidonet entirely to be honest, including 
scrapping www.fidonet.io which started the harassments in the first place. 

I can say this much: there are a lot of rules in Fidonet, some actually written 
down and others seems to be invented by moderators, RC, NC or whatever. There 
as been a more or less ongoing argument about this for as long as I can 
remember and the minute someone, me or someone else, suggests a change they are 
basically idiots and should either shut up or go away. Or both. 

Fidonet is not a very welcoming environment, and it is mostly not run by very 
welcoming, friendly people. It is, as it stands now, not designed to be easy to 
join and easy to get going with. There are *A LOT* of friendly sysops and 
others (Hi Tommi!) who will gladly help you with whatever you are trying to get 
to work but once you start to rub certain people the wrong way you become a 
target of harassment.  

I'm tired of this. To quote a person from the BBS documentary whos wife left 
him because he was on the computer all the time: "This was supposed to be a 
hobby, it was supposed to be fun.". Fidonet is not fun. 



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