Subj : Re: In the future..
To   : Black Panther
From : Nick Andre
Date : Sun Jun 07 2020 02:23 am

On 06 Jun 20  11:36:34, Black Panther said the following to August Abolins:

BP> The younger generations are more interested in the "point-and-click" world 
BP> Twitter, Facebook, or whatever other social medias are being used now. They
BP> want to see pictures, links to websites, and other 'visual' aspects. I don'
BP> see many, if any, even interested in a basically text environment as this. 

I keep reading from those who ponder about Fido's future, about what the next
mailer will look like, the next message format, the next whatever. What I
never read, is what the next *user* will look like. Pretty certain the next
user will not be techie like us.

The younger generation that uses messaging and social apps do not care about
Linux, multi-protocol database structures or Wan transport topologies when
using the apps. So, why expect the same for a new Fido user? Why must new
software be the traditional mailer, tosser, nodelist, editor, etc. Why not
just focus on messages?

What would be really good is a mobile/tablet app that is so dumbed-down that 
it just focuses on messaging. Let the newcomer get their feet wet with that, 
and if they actually are techie or want a taste of nostalgia they can go 
ahead and experiment with mailers and BBS software.

That app would likely be just an extension of someone's BBS or Node, but could
be promoted in a few ways to really give an alternative to Internet discussion
forums. Aftershock is a nice app with potential but certainly not dumb enough.

Nick

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