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On 18 Mar 19  22:34:00, Dan Clough said the following to Nick Andre:

DC> Well, at least two of the ZC's were right here having the 
DC> conversation in public.  Yes, there could have been some private 
DC> messages, but didn't really seem to be needed (yet).

As I wrote to August - Othernets work because they are Othernets, they are not
Fido. Fido is just too tarnished with too many bad decisions and mistakes. 
Othernets work and are popular because they learnt from Fido's mistakes.

Not because they just have one zone-number in the addressing.

DC> keeping everything the same is.  Nobody seems to WANT anything to 
DC> change, INCLUDING THE SOFTWARE, and the cumbersome/difficult 
DC> procedures for getting information on how to join FidoNet.

Its simple, really. Better software for newcomers and make it dumbed-down and 
attractive enough so it catches on. Have a simplistic display of messages with
easy ways to reply. Make it a little bit cool.

Mystic isn't my cup of tea but I'm a huge fan of the "cool" factor of everyone
being able to install it and have a BBS up and running in minutes. And 
have something to show off and others think is cool. I'm on Fsxnet and cannot
keep up with the volume of Mystic-related messages. Everyone loves Mystic.

It helps tremendously when we do not have people running out and registering 
Fidonet domains and putting up websites in hopes that their site is the "right
place to come to" for information (see fidonet.ca and fidonet.us as examples).
The more websites, the more confusion, because none are consistant, the SEO is
all over the place, and just a mess. I appreciate the effort with this 
fidonet.io site but I think its a bit misguided and personified.

Nick

--- Renegade vY2Ka2