Subj : Re: Getting my own adress for BBSing canada
To   : Adept
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Apr 27 2023 09:53:38

  Re: Re: Getting my own adress for BBSing canada
  By: Adept to Digital Man on Thu Apr 27 2023 12:24 pm

 >  DM>  >  TV> can anbody recommend other networks to join? not a huge fido
 >  DM>  >  TV> fan
 >  DM>  > What is wrong with FIDO?
 >  DM> http://wiki.synchro.net/wiki:user:digital_man#what_s_wrong_with_fidonet
 >  DM> :-) --
 >
 > I apologize for the pedantry, but the first line says, "I'm not referring to
 > the message network itself".
 >
 > It's an interesting read, though I'm not sure it answers the question.
 >
 > I carry FIDOnet on my BBS, but reasons I can think of to not be a huge fan
 > of the network include the amount of terrible bickering, the amount of areas
 > that are devoid of activity, and the lack of any official rule changes since
 > the 1980s.
 >
 > I'm sure there are more, and, certainly, your page makes good points that
 > are at least sometimes more true of FIDOnet than other nets.

I knew what you meant (what you were asking was about FidoNet proper, not FTN). I just thought it was funny that I had a fairly recent blog post with almost that exact same question. Sorry about that.
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