Subj : Housekeeping
To   : Ogg
From : Commodore Clifford
Date : Tue Apr 25 2023 08:52 pm

On 21 Apr 23  21:07:00 Ogg wrote...

OO> Hello pF!
OO> 
OO>  pF> The FIDONEWS echo used to be a place to discuss articles posted
OO>  pF> on FidoNews, but now it's turned into yet another bickerground.
OO>  pF> FIDONEWS would be a good place to write and article rallying
OO>  pF> support for resurrecting an echo. 
OO> 
OO> I always had the impression that a moderator acted as a kind of  
OO> editor, finding news to report to stir conversation.  FIDONEWS   was
OO> nurtured like that in the past, but not since BF took over.   Now the
OO> newsletter itself is just an automated bot output of   stuff with
OO> nothing fresh to read.  And the echo diverges from   the topic of the
OO> newletter contents very fast.
OO> 
OO> As for "write an article rallying support for resurrecting an   echo"
OO> ..that's what I thought ECHO_ADS was for.  :/
OO> 
OO>  
OO>  pF> It might be interesting to see a moderator chime in, wanting to
OO>  pF> have his say in how people resurrect "his" echo. 
OO> 
OO> Not sure what you mean.  For resurrection and support, I meant   for
OO> people to speak up in ANY echo and mention other echos   where people
OO> could go to continue a specific topic of   discussion.
OO> 
OO>  --- OpenXP 5.0.57  * Origin: Ogg's WestCoast Point (21:4/106.21) 

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Last time I saw a copy they were still listing the Atari Fido software...
and old versions of it at that (and there haven't been any new versions
of anything since probably 2000).

--- RATSoft/FIDO v09.14.95 [JetMail 1.01]
 * Origin: STar Fleet HQ BBS - bbs.sfhqbbs.org:5983 (21:3/171)

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