Subj : FTN to Telegram
To   : Stas Mishchenkov
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Aug 15 2020 11:33 pm

Hello Stas!

** On Thursday 13.08.20 - 10:57, Stas Mishchenkov wrote to Pasquale Monti:

 PM>> I believe that a way for the future of FIDONET to follow could be a
 PM>> geteway to telegram. Has no one ever thought about developing it?

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

 PM>> What do you think aout it?

 SM> Such a gate already exists and works. However, the moderators of Fido
 SM> echo conferences are reluctant to give permission for gating in
 SM> telegram.


Gating could start with new echo areas dedicated for the experiment.

Then, when the concept looks good, existing echos could open distribution  
to the Telegram side.

Having had a chance to look around Telegram with a desktop version, I am  
impressed with the clean look and fast response.  Global searches and  
searches within a group are amazing.  Re-editing a posted message is  
pretty neat.

The way Telegram handles photos, files, videos, and voice messages per  
group is very nice.  In that regard, a Telegram group could be a fine  
extension of an existing fido echo.  For example, specific echos could  
have their own collection of relevant files and all it would take is to  
visit the Telegram twin and get the files.  Or users could expand the  
social experience and drop voice recordings and images on the Telegram  
side.

From a moderator's perspective, Telegram seems to have excellent controls  
available.

I'm still very new to Telegram (less than 24 hours). WRT to messaging, I  
find the desktop's message window to be a tad on the small side.  I  
imagine it would it would be even more constrained on a smartphone.

But maybe Telegram can be a viable portal to a gated Fido echo to provide  
a quick view/search/post.

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