Subj : Re: FTN to Telegram
To   : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sun Aug 02 2020 06:18 pm

Hi August,

On 2020-08-02 02:48:00, you wrote to me:

 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).

 AA> Is it this one:

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

Yes.

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

 AA> What does it mean by that?

I don't know. You will have to ask. ;)

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

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

I didn't really pay attention, I found it just anoying. ;)

 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.

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

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

Then it wouldn't be fidonet, but just another group on those messaging technologies...

Bye, Wilfred.

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