On Saturday April 20, 2019, Ingo Juergensmann said to Frank Linhares...

 IJ> Maybe thats part of the "problem"? Fidonet or retrocomputing at the
 IJ> whole is a hobby like collecting and taking care about other old stuff
 IJ> like oldtimers or so. For me itīs part of our culture we should
 IJ> conserve. Youīll need to find other people being interested in this
 IJ> conserving thing. I donīt think that you can convince people that
 IJ> Fidonet is a great communication platform.

 IJ> And as with other strange hobbies you need to actively advertise this
 IJ> one as well. Sitting around and waiting for new enthusiasts wonīt work
 IJ> in the long run.

 IJ> Maybe an add in your local newspaper or on Craigslist could help...

I agree, a lot of it has to do with discovery. My Amiga system was recently
featured in the Amiga subreddit on reddit.com and I had an explosion of
users, many of whom have continued to frequent the system.

My internet has been out most of the day and I had to explain to my kids how
when I was their age I would have to connect to another single computer by
using the phone line just to interact with others.



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