Subj : Re: FSX_BOT
To   : All
From : Avon
Date : Wed Oct 21 2020 12:26:42

On 20 Oct 2020 at 12:31p, Apam pondered and said...
 
 Ap> I'm wondering if it would be benificial to split up the bot area? I know
 Ap> a lot of people don't read it, but it seems to be a soup of BBS ads,
 Ap> Weather Reports, new file listings and anything else made by bots. Which
 Ap> I know is what is intended, but as it gets more and more traffic, it's
 Ap> harder to find what you want to look at.

Good thread and thought starter.

I also agree with the sentiments expressed too. 

The tension I have (as always) is not wanting to create any more echos than
is really necessary. 

I was (some time ago) thinking about trying to find a way to split out the
fsxNet HUB stats + reports from everything that flows through FSX_BOT for the
same reasons you mention.. find-ability, read-ability etc.

I think a FSX_ADS echo makes sense and agree we could request only one post
per week to keep daily same same posts to a min.

The trick then is what else to split off and what to keep together?

Just thinking off the top of my head here...

So we have 

* new files hatched / received reports
* echomail area stats + network traffic stats (between zones, nodes etc.
* gated info like the weather reports or virus alerts etc.

Would an area for each of these three be the way forward also?

I confess I kinda still want to have something for echomail stats + network
traffic that is just fsxNet HUB data only... so perhaps we need another for
that?

With a possible BBS ads echo FSX_ADS we could also end up with a further four
additional echos... so now we're up to five new, and then there's good old
FSX_BOT as well..

See my dilemma? :)

Let me now you're thoughts... happy to collectively crowd source this and
implement it there after... but lets try to keep the number of new echos to a
min if poss and be really clear about what goes in each for the benefit of
all who come along :)

Oh and I was wondering about a FSX_TST for all test posts and pointing the
test bot to that area instead? This was mooted some time back... that would
remove most testing from GEN echo.

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