Subj : Fidonet Reference Library(FSC's)
To : Oli
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Sat Jan 30 2021 02:30 pm
Re: Fidonet Reference Library(FSC's)
By: Oli to Carol Shenkenberger on Fri Jan 08 2021 07:54 pm
> Oli wrote (2021-01-07):
>
> CS> Carol wrote (2021-01-06):
>
> >> All I really know about TELEGRAM is it works and I have all the same
> >> moderator controls as expected. Including to remove a user if they
> >> prove problematic (which none have been). To me, it's a unique OLR
> >> type setup. Not really different from using Bluewave etc. on the end
> >> seen from others.
>
> and it's also completely different from an offline reader, which doesn't
> involve big commercial third party messaging services with a privacy policy
> that the user hasn't agreed to.
>
Functionally it is not a BBS, but a way to read messages. It just uses a
smartphone or tablet type device for it. As to the 'privacy policy' that is on
the users to keep the data internal to the TELEGRAM delivery only. IE: no
porting to others or news-servers etc allowed. No public facing web page
portals allowed.
It becomes in essense an 'APP' on a smartphone and has good potential to reach
a wider audience.
Why do you fear it? Or do I misunderstand you?
To me, it's just a modern tech of the 2020's that operates in a point-to-point
delivery mode that functionall is a way to 'Offline Read' BBS messages in those
echos available and respond to what is essentially a 'Boss Node' on Fidonet who
then promulgates it to the rest of us. Harmless.
