Subj : Re: Impromptu MRC Meetup
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : claw
Date : Fri Nov 10 2023 08:21:58

On 07 Nov 2023, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...
 
 pF> -=> roman wrote to warmfuzzy <=-
 pF> 
 pF>  ro> I think the Slackers BBS laid out the reason why no one is interested
 pF>  ro> in MRC anymore. In short, censorship, the involvement of schoolchildr
 pF>  ro> and children, as well as a ban on discussing anything that its
 pF>  ro> administrators do not like. For me personally, a rule was created
 pF>  ro> prohibiting the discussion of conspiracy theories. We have Hypernode
 pF>  ro> and iChat now. They themselves are to blame for this. Communism is a
 pF>  ro> sick ideology that repels people.
 pF> 
 pF> When I get involved in MRC, it was for the gettogethers, not as a go-to
 pF> communications medium. It still uses a star/hub model, correct? There
 pF> are so many federated models out there that there's bound to be a better
 pF> medium for comms outside of the scope of gettogethers and movie-watching
 pF> parties like we did on MRC.
 pF> 
 pF> What is Hypernode? A Google search pulls up an ecommerce company in the
 pF> EU somewhere.
 pF> 
 pF> If PHATStar set up an IRC server on the network, Synchronet and Mystic
 pF> both come with an IRC client and non-BBS clients could connect, too.
 pF> It'd be pretty simple on Synchronet, for example, to create a separate
 pF> menu option for a different IRC server, I'd think.
 pF> 
 pF> 

I agree if we really are looking at the failing of MRC due to mismanagement then it is what it is.  Make something that promotes freedom and lets make it another option.  No one says to remove the old option but if we have an alternate available it will not hurt.  Where do we find out about the IRC Client for Mystic.  I know I can get server space for an IRC server or even host it myself.  

So if you are all serious let me know.

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