Subj : FidoNews 30:45 [03/07]: General Articles
To   : All
From : FidoNews Robot
Date : Mon Nov 11 2013 21:03:40

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                        GENERAL ARTICLES
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         Letting dead echoes lie
           By: Kurt Weiske

An open letter to all:

There are more dead echoes than there are live echoes in Fidonet.
Scanning through online archives, many of them have, as their only
message traffic, automated posting of the rules - to be read by no
one.

If you have a dead echo, please consider letting it die. Fidonet will
be a more lively place with fewer echoes carrying traffic rather than
an echo wasteland where people can't find the active echoes.

Otherwise, if you have a dead echo, wear your moderator hat and start
a dicussion! I'm sure there are other people like me around; I have
the backbone linked to my system; I'm sure others like myself will
join in.

Lastly, if you want to see more traffic on Fidonet, adopt an echo.
Pick a dead echo, advertise it here, and let's see if we can get
people talking again.


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