Subj : Re: Blues Net
To   : Oli
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Jan 21 2022 00:23:08


 Ol> Yeah, why don't we all just use Fidonet? The number of echomail areas is
 Ol> not limited.

That was my thought to.  There already are places to discuss many topics, which are unused.  My experience of the 'nets is that it is mostly BBS enthusiats who join, who generally know each other.  FidoNet and DoveNet seem to have a small number of users, who engage in chatter.

Nothing wrong with that, but BBS's aren't the place to go to if you want to discuss, say, Blues music, or the Dune Movie.
 Ol> Maybe everyone should create their own network and then we interlink
 Ol> them to one global inter-FTN. Then we are all ego-trip equal.
 Ol> 

I am interested in creating one, to see how it is done, but I have zero intention of making it public.

The "problem" is that people don't see the value in using BBS's over say, Reddit or Facebook.  I think there ARE advantages, but the work needs to be done in showing how a BBS format can bring about a community orientied Social Network, where we control what goes on, own the infrastructure, have no advertising, etc.

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