Subj : TgM: not exactly the same
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Fri Nov 13 2020 06:16 pm

Hi Charles!

13 Nov 20 05:59, you wrote to Stas Mishchenkov:

SM>> ..As I've said many times, Telegram is not fully
SM>> compatible with Fido.

CP> I've tried to make that point myself before.

CP> We can have good communication between the two, but it's not going to
CP> be exactly the same.

Stas has built some good technology to leverage the convenience of using Telegram.

It's the convenience (portability across devices, even the USB version so that you can use *any* pc that is handy at the time) of using Telegram is pretty cool.

Plus, the way it catalogs links and photos and files, is an organizer's dream. And.. all that (files, photos, links) is searchable.  Finding a message is based on a text string is handy too.

From a moderator's POV, it's no-funny-business allowed. A miscreant be dropped at any time and there is no way that same person can re-join.  A new phone number would be required - you can't just change your name - which could prove to be a major inconvenience.  You'd have to be a Marquis de Sade du Fidonet with unlimited phone numbers to try and fool a modest Fidonet moderator.

The TgM experience doesn't have to be exactly the same (taglines, quoting style, and other aspects from echomail culture)  ..but the basics for allowing participation in conversations is still pretty good.


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