Subj : Re: Social Media Subsitute
To   : August Abolins
From : Nick Andre
Date : Mon Aug 03 2020 05:56 pm

On 03 Aug 20  19:37:47, August Abolins said the following to Nick Andre:

AA> D'B is a good all-inclusive "kit" for something to join the Fidonet fray.
AA> 
AA> But it wouldn't cooperate for me.  :(  It just kept certain outbound messag
AA> on
AA> Hold and never sent them anywhere. I had to give up on it.

I'm not sure where we left off with that, but D'B will not connect to a point 
system of another node. I'm not sure if thats what the problem was or not but 
we can always circle back if theres time.

AA> So.. most people here are insane? LOL  The future does not look very bright
AA> all.

LOL C'mon... whats normal about continuing to use a silly message network 
nowadays in 2020?

AA> Even a dumbed-down app would need basic core of credentials at configuratio
AA> not unlike what D'B requires at install.  There won't be a one-click one-st
AA> solution. Some understanding of the terminologies used would also be a bene
AA> to the member/user.

The thing is, you can instantly join FB and Reddit and 4chan and all that. You
just can't do that in Fido.

I think we talked about this before; likely any new app will just be an 
extension off someone's BBS.

Nick

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