>> Here's an idea -- get a critical mass of sysops to support a *new*
>> smaller set of echoes within Fidonet, and see if we can get those

I've tried to do that on my own BBS but it's hard. I still have an urge to
connect the 80XXX echo but I know there has been no traffic in years.

> I think one of the first things that could be done is to reduce the number of
> sysop echoes; some seem absolutely redundant, others ambiguous, and many just
> plain dead.

Go ahead and connect whatever areas you like, or disconnect areas you don't
want/need.

Echoes come and go so you just need to choose.

Over the years my own BBS has carried the areas I wanted and a few that
users requested although I haven't had a user request in a very long time.

> Plus, isn't most everyone left on Fidonet a sysop?

Right, there must be 10 or more sysops for every user today. It was the
reverse when I first joined Fidonet.

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