Subj : Notice that...
To   : Al
From : Oli
Date : Tue Feb 08 2022 14:52:14

Al wrote (2022-02-07):

 >> The "management" still thinks "regions" (aka countries) are the way to
 >> organize the connections directory.

 A> Your not talking about fidonet, are you.. ;)

Fido...what? ;)

 >> The nodes are too lame to do anything about the stupid people on top or
 >> their useless non-democratic policy.

 A> Fidonet is not and never was a democracy. It is an anarchy of sorts. As
 A> long as it is a cooperative anarchy it can work.

It was once meant as cooperative anarchy, but it didn't last long. Also anarchy doesn't exclude democratic principles. What I mean with non-democratic is the for example the idea that a ZC appoints the RCs and the RCs select the ZC. I don't know how you call it, but it is neither democracy nor anarchism.

Fidonet seems to be more guided by the Peter principle. Somehow most of the time the management consists of people who are not fit for the job, show toxic behavior or both.

 A> Most nodes don't care to get into the politics of fidonet and as long as
 A> the mail flows that's good enough. Just leave the politics to the
 A> politicians and there are enough of them to make noise.

That is too simple. Politics and power did disrupt the flow of mails for parts of the network (see Fido Classic in R24)

Unfortunately most nodes are not interested in their network. They are often not even interested in conversations. Many just still hang around until they (or their machine) drop dead.

I still wonder what the end game for Fidonet is.

 >> The lower management also elects the incompetent to document technical
 >> standards (aka doing nothing).

 A> We can only elect those who choose to run.

A "No" / "Against" vote is possible. There is no need to elect someone who is unable or unwilling to do anything useful.

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