Subj : the offline way..
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Aug 28 2025 08:45:32

AA>Yeah.. the current popular social sites are not really designed
  >for dialog. They mostly seem to attract posts, rants, shares,
  >#tags.

Yes, I figured that. I guess youcan follow #tags to sort of
see and join a conversation. (?)  That's a guess since, believe
it or not, I've never even visited Facebook or any other of the
popular onlive social media sites.

RM> [...] Then the Global BBS feeds came out where you could
RM> talk to people all over the world and it was amazing at
RM> the time.

AA>I was already familiar with a global outreach with Compuserve,
  >and even newsgroups back in the 90s - it seemed amazing to get
  >read and get replies by people from all over the world.

Yes, I actually had people I knew from the BBS come and visit me
here from Australia. Quite exciting at the time, and it was really
early in the spring and very lucky that they could drive in and
not have to walk the last mile through the snow.

Funny, the critters were just starting to come out and they freaked
out when they saw a 'Real!' Chipmunk. It seemed strange to me but
I suppose it would be like us visiting there and seeing a Kangaroo..

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