Subj : Re: Join Networks
To   : Gamgee
From : Boraxman
Date : Sun Aug 28 2022 19:25:00

-=> Gamgee wrote to boraxman <=-

 -=> boraxman wrote to Nigel Reed <=-

   > > I've not mentioned it anywhere before now, but in the
   > > last couple of days I've set up AVeNet (Audio Visual
   > > Engineers Network)

 NR> Why? I can reel off a half a dozen specialty networks that get 0 or
 NR> close to 0 traffic. Why do we need another dead network?

 bo> Seems pointless to me.  Wouldn't it be better just to have a
 bo> section added to an existing Net.  An Audio Visual discussion
 bo> section on Fidonet or fsxNet.

 Ga> Yup.

 bo> You have to go where the people are, and the people are really on
 bo> only one or two net it seems.

 Ga> Agreed.  I'd say the only nets with any real activity now are:
 Ga> DoveNet, FidoNet, FSXNet, and MicroNet.  That's it.  I've been pruning
 Ga> networks recently for that very reason, and am about to remove another
 Ga> today.

I mostly look at FSXNet and DoveNet, and a little bit at Fidonet.  FSXNet is
the one where it would be an issue if it dissapeared.  Dovenet seems to be,
well, quite narrow.  Micronet I should check out.
 
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