Subj : Re: through the "???"
To   : Charles Pierson
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Wed Dec 16 2020 13:36:28

Hi Charles,

On 2020-12-16 12:05:47, you wrote to me:

 Wv>>  AA> I see it that way too.  The Telegram groups are merely a
 Wv>>  AA> mirror of the same echos on Stas' BBS.   .: the Telegram
 Wv>>  AA> groups are as if participating on Stas' BBS albiet with a
 Wv>>  AA> different reader/app unlike anything else currently available
 Wv>>  AA> for fidonet users.
 Wv>>
 Wv>> The same could be said about newsgroups on a bbs. But they call that
 Wv>> "gating" too...

 CP> The difference being that with the Telegram BBS, the users and their
 CP> messages have a distinct node seperate from Stas's BBS.

 CP> You aren't creating an account on Stas's BBS. You are creating an account
 CP> on Telegram. Stas's BBS acts as a Hub or Feed for the Telegram BBS.

Newsgroup users would have an account at their ISP and/or newsgroup provider.

Bye, Wilfred.

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