Subj : Way to go!
To : August Abolins
From : Richard Miles
Date : Mon Sep 21 2020 05:09 pm
Answering a msg from August Abolins:
>Hello Old-Timer! ..er, Martin! LOL
>
>** On Monday 21.09.20 - 09:58, Martin Foster wrote to Charles Pierson:
>
> CP>>>> So you're saying we talk too much?
> AT>>> No! But we're giving Fido a future, and I like it.
>
> CP>> I suppose relatively. No new blood yet, just activity from old timers.
>
> MF> Assuming that you mean "new blood" = "non-fido users", I
> MF> fail to see how new blood is going to be attracted to a
> MF> private group ??
>
>How? - Advertising and self-promotion. Having a private group
>is the only way to dissuade spam.
>
>[] Existing users can add their TgM contact IDs in their
>signatures.
>
>[] We can locate some other sysops/users that might already be
>using Telegram and inform them of the new option.
>
>[] Moderators can update their ELIST entries to mention the
>Telegram option and the relevant @contact ID to get started.
>
>[] The current list of available echos can be advertised in
>the other echos that are already gated.
>
>The gate is still in its infancy, and only a handful of echos
>are available, so the build-up can't be expected to go very
>fast. But, next year, Stas plans to release some code that
>sysops may like to implement on their own.
>
>[] It probably wouldn't be hard to create a channel on TgM to
>just announce the gate and how to join. Maybe interested
>sysops could create their own channel on TgM to promote their
>BBSes and how to join the echos. Currently, a search for
>"BBS" on TgM doesn't show any groups or channels with those
>letters. So, a sysop could create something there and help
>people steer their way to a specific BBS with all the relevant
>info.
>--
> ../|ug
Quite a few former users and sysops in several facebook groups as well that moved on from bbsing but may be interested in communicating via TG as well
--- tg2fido.pl
* Origin: Telegram to fido gate by Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/58)
