Board:   [fsxNet] fsxNet Network Discussion
Subject: Networks Alive or Dead!?
From:    Jegor(21:3/228.1)
Date:    Mon Feb 16, 2026 18:00

Hello CloudDancer!

16 Feb 26 11:10, you wrote to Nigel Reed:

 Cl> Zer0net has been opened up, and acceptance criteria has been loosened
 Cl> considerably. Ultimately, most of us are members of echo mail networks
 Cl> in order to be able to participate in more active conversations with a
 Cl> wider variety of people than just what is happening in our local
 Cl> message bases with our local users, even those of us lucky enough to
 Cl> have very active local message areas. Having an 'elite' membership
 Cl> when (more times than not) we have very little active conversation,
 Cl> seems a bit self-defeating.

 Cl> I'd think you outta give it another try... If BBS-ing is about
 Cl> anything, it's about community at this point, and there is so much
 Cl> more interconnection between our BBSs now in 2026, with shared One
 Cl> Liners, Shared BBS lists for users to browse, More Networks, IRC Chat
 Cl> where users across BBSs can hang out, etc ...

Just curious, are Mail Only nodes accepted, or is having a BBS up and running a must?

Jegor

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