Subj : FSP-10xx-1: BBSID Kludge Specification
To : deon
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Tue Jan 02 2024 04:58 pm
Hello deon,
On Wednesday January 03 2024 00:19, you wrote to me:
>> Has it occured to you that listing in a different way in different
>> networks is because they do /not want/ to be correlated across
>> networks?
de> I have.
OK, as long as you keep that in mind...
de> But the differences that I was referring to are what I would put in
de> the category of spelling mistakes, locations specifics or format
de> errors.
de> EG: In the case of one sysop, their BBS is listed as "United_States",
de> "Bendigo_Vic", "Bendigo_AUS" and "Bendigo_VIC_AUS". I've seen some
de> examples with Sysop names as well, normally those with Mac... Mc... or
de> their name (or their BBS name) has an apostrophe that is listed in one
de> nodelist and omitted in another.
The Mac vs Mc and the missing apostrophe might be a typo but it could just as well be an attempt to derail "correlation robots".
There are reasons for the existance of othernets and ever so often it has to do with a dislike for "Fidonet...
