Subj : Re: FTN to Telegram
To   : Pasquale Monti
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Thu Jul 30 2020 08:47 am

Hi Pasquale,

On 2020-07-29 23:32:06, you wrote to All:

 PM> I believe that a way for the future of FIDONET to follow could be a
 PM> geteway to telegram. Has no one ever thought about developing it?

 PM> Young people use Telegram as we (al least I) used FIDONET, having a gateway
 PM> could open new opportunities to the movement FIDONET!

 PM> What do you think aout it?

There's a Telegram group 'fidonet.online' (mainly occupied by Russians). That has (or had) a gate to a Russian echomail area (I don't know if it is still active)...

But I don't agree with you that it will attract more (young) people to fidonet. Maybe a few outsiders will join such a group. But it won't get them to "join" fidonet, as a node/point/bbs-user. Maybe they remain active in the Telegram fidonet group, but that isn't a fidonet participant.

Bye, Wilfred.

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