Subj : Re: qwk and/or points
To   : August Abolins
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Fri Apr 05 2019 06:07 pm

-=> On 04-04-19 22:26, August Abolins wrote to mark lewis <=-

 AA> Ya..  there is the "game" part of it to keep users online for a while.

I kept my online time for file downloads. :)

 AA> But my audience was interested in inexpensive email (which I provided
 AA> by a gateway) primarily.  Then, I introduced echomail, and most users
 AA> loved it.

Echomail was the main focus of my system.  I added some Usenet and mailing
lists later via GIGO on my point system.

 AA> People loved the quick dialup, delivering and getting things done in a
 AA> few seconds.  I rarely had complaints about busy signals.  The phone
 AA> would receive many calls one after another.  I had 2 lines at first for
 AA> about a year, and then added 2 more.

For me the biggest advantage of the point was that I could initiate a poll and
then walk away until the system was back in idle mode, then I could read my
mail at leisure.


.... Totally non-offensive tagline.  G-rated.
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