Subj : Re: Echomail Area Review
To   : Avon
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun May 15 2022 09:19 am

-=> Avon wrote to All <=-

 Av> It's been nearly a year since we added a bunch of new echomail
 Av> areas to fsxNet and I figure it's a good time to review which are
 Av> worth retaining and which should be removed.

 Av> Volume of traffic indicating interest in the subject etc. I think
 Av> is a good indication but perhaps should not the only
 Av> consideration.

 Av> I'd love to hear your thoughts on what echomail areas should
 Av> stay/go/be added etc.

 Av> The most recent batch added were back on 25 May 2021

 Av> FSX_GAMING           Games/Gaming Chat
 Av> FSX_SPACE            Space/Astronomy Chat
 Av> FSX_SPORTS           Sports Chat
 Av> FSX_RETRO            Retro Computing/Tech Chat
 Av> FSX_TRANSPORT        Transportation Chat (All Modes)
 Av> FSX_VIDEO            Movies/TV/Streaming Chat
 Av> FSX_MUSIC            Music Chat (Artists,Songs Etc)
 Av> FSX_DIY              D.I.Y Chat, Tips + Tricks
 Av> FSX_FOOD             Food + Cooking Chat
 Av> FSX_GARDENING        Gardening Chat
 Av> FSX_ARTS             Arts + Artistic Chat

 Av> some seem to have done fairly well while others not so
 Av> much....and of course we have the rest of the echos too... I'll
 Av> post the master list below

 Av> FSX_TST              fsxNet Test Arena
 Av> FSX_GEN              General Chat + More..
 Av> FSX_MYS              Mystic BBS Support/Dev
 Av> FSX_MAG              Talisman BBS Support/Dev
 Av> FSX_BBS              BBS Support/Dev
 Av> FSX_ENG              ENiGMA 1/2 BBS Support/Dev
 Av> FSX_HAM              Amateur Radio
 Av> FSX_CRY              Cryptographics
 Av> FSX_NET              fsxNet Network Ops/Planning
 Av> FSX_ESP              Espanol General Chat
 Av> FSX_ADS              BBS and NETwork Ads
 Av> FSX_STA              Echomail + Network Stats
 Av> FSX_FIL              File Announcements
 Av> FSX_BOT              Automated roBOT Posts
 Av> FSX_DAT              InterBBS Data
 Av> FSX_GAMING           Games/Gaming Chat
 Av> FSX_SPACE            Space/Astronomy Chat
 Av> FSX_SPORTS           Sports Chat
 Av> FSX_RETRO            Retro Computing/Tech Chat
 Av> FSX_TRANSPORT        Transportation Chat (All Modes)
 Av> FSX_VIDEO            Movies/TV/Streaming Chat
 Av> FSX_MUSIC            Music Chat (Artists,Songs Etc)
 Av> FSX_DIY              D.I.Y Chat, Tips + Tricks
 Av> FSX_FOOD             Food + Cooking Chat
 Av> FSX_GARDENING        Gardening Chat
 Av> FSX_ARTS             Arts + Artistic Chat

Hi Avon,

Based on amount of traffic, and my own personal likes/opinion, the 
following ones could be removed:

GAMING
SPACE
SPORTS
TRANSPORT
VIDEO
MUSIC
DIY
FOOD
GARDENING
ARTS
MAG
ENG
CRY
ESP

I think several of them could be combined/consolidated, like:

VIDEO, MUSIC, GAMING --->  ENTERTAINMENT (new).
MAG, ENG, and (maybe) MYS could all be in the (existing) BBS area.
Possibly GAMING, ARTS, GARDENING, FOOD could consolidate to a new area 
called HOBBIES.

Anyway, hopefully you get plenty of opinions and can condense everything 
the way you see fit.  Thanks.



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