Hello Jeff,

JS>Hello Bob. Thanks for the welcome. It's been almost a week now since I first
JS>rejoined FidoNet, and I am quickly forming the impression that it is for the
JS>most part dead, and not even close to what it used to be when I first joined
JS>back in 1993. Sad, but with the "glamour" of the WWW, it is
an archaic
JS>technology, probably populated by aging fogies like me. :)

Bring in some fresh blood to fido!  The more the merrier!

JS>Thank-you for the echo recommendations. I have subscribed to MEMORIES as wel
JS>as to COFFEE_KLATSCH, and am waiting to see what comes in. So far, nothing.
JS>far as HOLYSMOKE, thanks but no thanks. If I recall correctly, I subscribed
JS>that echo back in the 90's, and it was horrible.

MEMORIES is kind of a crazy echo, with no theme whatsoever.  But it is
flame-free, and lots of nice folks abound.  COFFEE_KLATSCH is also flame
free, and also devoid of political and religious discussion (flame wars
tend to develop along those lines in virtually every echo).  Of course,
if flame wars are your thing, there is always HOLYSMOKE for the
religiously inclined, and various POLITICS echoes for the politics
inclined.  The COOKING echo is also flame-free, with lots of nice
folks sharing recipes on just about everything under the sun.

JS>To be quite frank, I am not interested in participating in echoes which have
JS>been overcome by, and which are lorded over by air-heads, flamers and trolls
JS>who either don't know what they are talking about, or who are only intereste
JS>in building up their own egos by criticizing, belittling and putting other
JS>people down. I find it all very immature, yet in the brief week since I
JS>returned to FidoNet, I see that such characters remain a blight on FidoNet.

Fido is what fido is, participants being the partipants they are.
Some will be airheads.  Some will be blowhards.  Some will be complete
idiots.  Others will be more thoughtful.  And a rare few will provide
real insight.  But I find it best to allow fido be fido, and participate
in areas I choose to participate.  For me, that makes for a much more
pleasurable experience.

JS>Again, thanks for the recommendations. Unless I see some serious and
JS>interesting traffic in this echo soon, I will probably unsubscribe it from m
JS>BBS.

"Soon" is a relative term.  Some echoes ebb and flow.  What might seem
like an inactive echo might become very active, or vice versa.  It might
be weeks, or even months, before an echo catches on.  Or traffic falls
off.  Just the way it is in the world of fido.

--Lee


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