Subj : echos - a morbid curiosity
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Dec 15 2020 14:52:32

On 11/11/2020 10:30 AM, between "Wilfred van Velzen - Charles Pierson":

>  WV>> This is the first message I ever got in this area, didn't even
>  WV>> know I was connected to it. ;-) What made you post in this area
>  WV>> instead of 'ASTRONOMY' ?
>
>  CP> Honestly, morbid curiosity.  I like seeing which areas will actually get a
>  CP> reply.
>
> I'm going to connect it on my other links that have it available.
> Maybe that will release some isolated "sub nets" of the area. ;-)

But it is not getting attention. It's not in Janice's echolist table in the Fidogazette.

This is probably one of the reasons why new people are not finding Fidonet echos.

It would be nice if there was a more consolidated (and real-time) way to announce active/live echos.

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