Subj : 2038: still be running a
To   : August Abolins
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Mar 26 2021 04:21:54

  Re: 2038: still be running a
  By: August Abolins to Sean Dennis on Thu Mar 25 2021 11:25 pm

 > How is NNTP not-gating? It is very much outside ftn/qwk.  FTN-
 > to-NNTP requires very much quite a bit of porting and fudging to
 > make it recognizeable and useable with ng readers.  FTN-to-
 > Telegram is not much different.  ;)  Instead of an ng reader,
 > the Telegram app makes things nice and pretty.
 > 

I think NNTP is close enough to regular BBSing and there are not big differences between them as to alter the user experience.
They are both tailored to post long messages in groups, and the groups get carried to every server of the network.

Specifically, I think the sort of person who uses a BBS for messaging is the sort of person who uses an NNTP service for
messaging, which is not usually the sort of person who uses a phone messaging program.

See the Discord vs everythign else thread in FSXnet for the reasoning.

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