Subj : Echomail could use a landing page
To : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Nov 18 2020 09:15 pm
Hello Charles!
** On Wednesday 18.11.20 - 19:05, Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins:
CP> Telling them about echomail is somewhat useless without them
CP> understanding BBSes are still here and operational, and do not require
CP> computers older than they are to access.
One step at a time. The first step.. join an echo. Then they
"learn" the unique terms and further possibilities.
CP> A "landing page" would do no more than any current BBS's Webpage now. It
CP> would still require a specific search for BBS related terms, so short of
CP> reading an article about BBSes somewhere, or seeing BBS and BBS networks
CP> mentioned in their favorite social media platform, they wouldn't know
CP> what to look for.
The page would be a tool. Stas' google search using
FUTURE4FIDO pulled up my "Help" page, first. That probably
means that Google has recognized it gets a lot of visits and
is therefore "relevant". I would not dismiss the usefulness
of a suitable info-page as quickly as you do. ;)
AA>> Most potential users are reading blogs and forums that cater to
AA>> their interest. Ephemeral conversation is often limited to
AA>> Facebook - because that is all they know.
CP> And a landing page found by Google searches won't change that.
I wouldn't be so sure. People seem to think that the internet
*is* google. That's what they use - a lot.
AA>> If there was a landing page that describes what echomail is and
AA>> how to use it (either via the Telegram app, or fTelnet or
AA>> whatever interface) then they can be informed about the strange
AA>> world of BBSing via their devices too.
CP> That's not going to happen via Googling it.
It worked well with a FUTURE4FIDO search. It can work for
other things.
CP> They will have to see it discussed via blogs, Tweets, Facebook posts,
CP> Instagram, whatever.
Sure, that too. Start doing that. ;)
CP> There has to be something attracting interest first.
Pretty icons help.
AA>> I think the messaging component should be promoted first, *then*
AA>> the BBS. Not the other way around as it is now.
CP> It goes hand in hand. BBS'S and amateur computer networks have been
CP> around longer than Zuckerberg has been alive. You're not buried in
CP> advertisements because you did a websearch about headphones once to get
CP> someone a gift.
Those things have been around longer. Fine. But new people
have not. ;) I don't quite get your meaning on the latter
sentence.
CP> But you can't simply say "Hey kids, you want echomail conferences about
CP> almost any topic you can think of?" Without also explaining about BBSes
CP> and how to use them.
But I think that would work. Hey kids.. google "fido
echomail" and maybe even the keywords "start here" and learn
that it can be a fine alternative to the usual forums and chat
sites out there. THEN, they learn that they are attached to
the strange things called BBSes. And these BBSes can be
contacted directly too.
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