Subj : FTN to Telegram
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Aug 02 2020 02:48 am

Hello Wilfred!

** On Thursday 30.07.20 - 08:47, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Pasquale Monti:

 PM>> Young people use Telegram as we (al least I) used FIDONET, having a
 PM>> gateway could open new opportunities to the movement FIDONET!

 WvV> There's a Telegram group 'fidonet.online' (mainly occupied by
 WvV> Russians).

Is it this one:

   http://pics.rsh.ru/img/telegram-fidonet-online_xq170w76.jpg

It is interesting that it boasts being "the Next FTN generation".

What does it mean by that?


 WvV> That has (or had) a gate to a Russian echomail area (I don't know if
 WvV> it is still active)...

Did the gate work well?  Does anyone know what happend?


 WvV> But I don't agree with you that it will attract more (young) people
 WvV> to fidonet. Maybe a few outsiders will join such a group. But it
 WvV> won't get them to "join" fidonet, as a node/point/bbs-user. Maybe
 WvV> they remain active in the Telegram fidonet group, but that isn't a
 WvV> fidonet participant.

From one point of view, Fidonet or rather FTN, is all the bells and  
whistles of Origin lines, taglines, kludges, distinctive quoting style,  
etc..  What does a quoted message on Telegram look like?

But maybe if fidonet or FTN can redefine itself and embrace the new  
messaging technologies and build bridges or gateways to them, then  
participating in fidonet can look different and provide doorways for  
people who would rather not bother with ftelnet/telnet or direct  
memberships on a bbs.

  ../|ug

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