Subj : Re: 2025 FTSC election
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Dan Clough
Date : Sat Feb 22 2025 03:12 pm

-=> Kurt Weiske wrote to Wilfred van Velzen <=-

 WvV> There isn't a position in Fidonet that can enforce big changes. And if
 WvV> someone tried that probably just speed up the decline of Fidonet...

 KW> One thing I've been concerned about is if you make a sweeping change
 KW> that requires a change from the downlinks, how many BBSes are running
 KW> on autopilot, and how many sysops would choose to pull the plug instead
 KW> of spending time on something they're effectively done with?

Some would disappear, indeed.  IMHO that's a good thing, and a way to 
cut out some deadwood.  Autopilot == Deadwood, in my book.

 KW> I took over R10 in 2012, and even back then with more participation saw
 KW> roughly 10% of the network that either dropped out or was already gone
 KW> when we made the switch.

 KW> Nowadays?

Yup, I would guess it might be closer to 20% that would be gone in the 
new nodelist.  I'd rather have a valid/meaningful nodelist than one 
which is full of errors and bloat.

 KW> Might not be a bad thing, since any board that's on auto-pilot probably
 KW> isn't contributing to anything except the nodelist.

Exactly.


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