Subj : Re: New to this To : boraxman From : Gryphon Date : Tue May 06 2025 06:45 am On 26 Apr 2025 at 10:35p, boraxman pondered and said... bo> -=> Meghan Fitzgerald wrote to boraxman <=- bo> bo> > On 15 Apr 2025 at 06:52p, Meghan Fitzgerald pondered and said... bo> > bo> > bo> > MF> I am new to this FSX. How is everyone? bo> > MF> Meg bo> > bo> > Welcome. Obviously not your first time on BBS? bo> MF> No not my first time. I have been using this one here for many years bo> MF> and now that I am getting close to retirement with more free time I bo> MF> wanted to get back into this. I used FidoNet a LONG time ago and am bo> MF> starting to get back into it. I don't like the way social media today bo> MF> looks and feels. This is what I remember most. Have a great day and bo> MF> thanks for writing back to me. Meg bo> bo> I don't really like how Social Media works. Toxic, and the interface bo> is pretty poor too. Unfortunately, that is where the people are, but bo> its like having to walk into a minefield to talk to people, because bo> everyone else is there. You stand there and say "We shouldn't stand bo> in a minefield", but everyone stays, because thats where the people bo> are. bo> bo> Anyway, I'm here because I like to practice what I preach, and if more bo> people come to better platforms, the better for us. The platform won't help. If you remember, fidonet is called FIGHT-O-NET, and for good reason. The problem isn't you have to walk through a minefield to talk to people. The people ARE the minefield. Where ever you get people with opinions together (like here) they will bring the mines with them. "Amy Pond, there's something you better understand about me 'cause it's important, and one day your life may depend upon it. I am definitely a Mad Man with a Blue Box." .oO Madman with a Blue Box BBS Oo.oO madmanbbs.ddns.net Oo. .... I don't want to go! --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64) * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101) .