Hi, Oliver Thuns!
I read your message from 21.10.2019 12:12

  ak>> We can observe the fact that hot and interesting discussions died
  ak>> when many people left Fidonet, and these discussions were not
  ak>> reborn in other social networks. Actually, it was degradation.
  ak>> Most people now want to follow somebody. They don't talk on equal
  ak>> ground like it has been in Fidonet. IMHO, people's communication
  ak>> has become much more primitive.

  OT> What is the point in comparing Fidonet with Facebook, Twitter or
  OT> other social networks? There are interesting and high-quality
  OT> discussions on the Internet. Just look at the diversity of web
  OT> forums (some running on software that still has "bulletin board" in
  OT> the name).

Web forums have no convenient quotation tools that allow many people 
participate in a hot discussion. Web forums cannot sort and filter 
messages -- in short it is very inconvenient in comparing with old 
Golded style functionality. The most awful sight in the Internet I've 
ever seen is a web forum and its page pointer [1,2,3, 1500] ;=))

  OT> Comparing Facebook with tabloid talk show / trash TV would make
  OT> more sense than comparing it with Fidonet.

I don't like Facebook because any message there could be deleted if the 
owner of the account wants it. As a result we have there unnatural, 
hypocrite, worthless talking. Facebook is good if you want to message 
something.

Bye, Oliver!
Alexander Koryagin
fido7.fidonews 2019

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