Subj : Re: What happened?
To   : Charles Pierson
From : Nick Andre
Date : Sun Nov 15 2020 01:33 pm

On 15 Nov 20  11:40:55, Charles Pierson said the following to All:

CP> But what I'm not understanding is people's resistance to something new her
CP> 
CP> The Fidonet community, and the wider BBS world, has always been to me a gro
CP> of people who celebrated new things. 

Fidonet Sysops tend to celebrate new things when they are directly beneficial
to Fidonet on its own merit and technical ability. Fidonet Sysops do not 
celebrate things which potentially take away that unique close-knit nature.

When its a new communications protocol like BinkD or mobile app like 
Hotdoged or software that directly benefits Fidonet/BBS'ing ie. Mystic and
Synchronet, it is most certainly celebrated and embraced.

When its a questionable Internet platform like Telegram that does not directly
benefit Fidonet aside from making moderators nervous about some hack job to 
allow the platform to exchange Echomail, its not celebrated as much.

Ask a veteran BBS Sysop why even have Echomail anymore when Usenet groups are
more widely available with better features and arguably better software.

Nick

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