-=> Andrew Ivanov wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DC> It's a little curious to me as to why we don't see *ANY* posts
 DC> from these important Russians.  I don't think I've seen a single
 DC> post in ANY echo that I follow, from a Russian.  I'm assuming they
 DC> have their own set of echos, but why wouldn't ANY of them
 DC> participate in a "Fido-wide" echo like this one?  Serious
 DC> question...

 AI> Yes, we mostly use our Russian-language echoes whose names start
 AI> with an RU. or SU. prefix. I'm rather new to Fidonet (joined last
 AI> summer), but my impression is that most communication in the
 AI> Russian part happens in certain sysops' local echoes. Topic
 AI> echoes are far less popular these days, with some exceptions like
 AI> RU.FIDONET.TODAY which is probably a Russian equivalent of
 AI> FIDONEWS.

All right, that's cool.  The language thing is surely a big factor 
and all that makes sense.  Thanks for the reply, Andrew!



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