Subj : Housekeeping
To   : Thom Miller
From : Commodore Clifford
Date : Tue Apr 25 2023 08:30 pm

On 21 Apr 23  08:17:14 Thom Miller wrote...

TM>  > If the intent is to provide access to echos to your visitors,  
TM>  > then what's the harm in making as many echos as possible  
TM>  > availble? 
TM> 
TM> I posted about this already, but to reiterate: the harm is decision
TM> fatigue for your users, and the fact that lots of echos only make
TM> sense when there are lots of users.
TM> 
TM> ---  * Origin: WalledCTTY (21:2/145) 

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Absolutely.... tons of dead nets... tons of dead echos... I give up and
don't call back.

This is actually the #1 reason I don't call "Modern" PC based BBS's. 
Graffiti ANSI screens that go on forever and the struggle to find an
actual active conversation.

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