On 07 Apr 2019 at 01:05p, Richard Menedetter pondered and said...
 
 RM>  MV> You come storming in out of nowhere and DEMAND that we old farts who
 RM>  MV> have been here for over a quarter of a century CHANGE so that Fidonet
 RM>  MV> becomes an alternet for FSXnet?
 RM> 
 RM> Basically transforming a bit to a more inclusive place would be a good
 RM> thing. Minus the obsessive focus on a buggy piece of BBS software and
 RM> the missing atmosphere of constructive debate there. (Something that is
 RM> much too strong here in Fidonet [minus the constructive part].)

I'm glad you agree that inclusion is a good thing. But treating each other
with consideration and respect is equally important in my view.

From your point of view you say constructive debate is missing. I disagree.
Debates and other discussions have occurred quite happily but they
don't lead to conflict because folks agree and adhere to the ethos I
mentioned above.

I understand you enjoy a good debate and the heat such encounters engender.
I've seen it first hand on several occasions. But there are other ways to keep
warm than by stoking fires.

It's been nearly a year since you opted to delist so I completely understand
how your perceptions would not have changed. You're not active in the community
anymore nor the new echo areas available and/or discussions and support for
other BBS software taking place etc.

Mystic BBS may have it's bugs (like other software) but it's author works hard
to fix them when reproducible and constructive information is provided. 

I fear your encounters with him may have led you to become quite jaded about
all things Mystic but at least you were 'warm' for a while. But at what cost?

I think it's led you to a point of entrenched thought. That some things are
just always going to be 'bad' or 'buggy' and not matter what may (in reality)
actually be being done... that perception and line of thinking remains.

Obsessive focus or passionate enjoyment? Who's to say? I guess it all depends
on each persons point of view and their perception of what they take in.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)