On Nov 18, 2019 12:10pm, Oli wrote to Terry Roati:

 O> I'm already a participant in Fidonet, I see no technical reason (at the
 O> moment) to change my address from *.47 to *.0.

If your happy as point then I am happy for you.

 O> The P4 is another reason I don't the see the advantages for getting a
 O> node number. Simple nodes (who are *Cs) couldn't vote for the approval or
 O> disapproval of the P4. Unsurprisingly a node defined by the P4 has
 O> basically no power. If I had a node number, I still couldn't vote for a
 O> new Policy.

P4 was written when there were a lot of nodes, the *Cs were the body to carry
out various functions. Yes I am sure there were problem *Cs but I am certain
most were decent and enjoying the hobby.

 O> So what's the point (of becoming a node)? People would find another
 O> aspect why I'm unworthy of having an opinion they could constantly bitch
 O> about.

We all have opinions, sometimes they are right sometime they are crap.

 O> I already wrote that most other communication networks don't have
 O> anything like the P4 and they still work. For some reason it was not
 O> possible to create smarter technology for distributing the nodelist,
 O> instead a hierarchical power structure was established that became
 O> self-sustaining (ZC appoints RCs, RCs elect ZC) with all the political
 O> and social implications and all the bullshit. I came to that conclusion
 O> only recently, but other knew this a long time ago.

But they are almost all based on FTN technology and all depend on a few people
who run those networks.

I have yet to see another net that I would say, gee Fidonet should be like
that because of reason a, b, c etc.

20 years ago there were a lot of popular other nets of which I was a member of
quite a few, most or all of them have gone, I am just glad Fidonet didn't do
the same.

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