Subj : future for fido
To : Alejandro Filimonchuk
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Apr 30 2022 08:36 am
Hello Alejandro Filimonchuk!
** On Wednesday 27.04.22 - 13:38, Alejandro Filimonchuk wrote to Martin Foster:
MF>> Nice idea but how do you propose sending out the "invitations".
AF> Well, we all have relatives/friends/girlfriends, etc :) We
AF> can, indeed, create custom BBS accounts for, lets say, a
AF> sister in law, and invite her to one of the telegram
AF> supported echoes... That is a nice gateway to heavier
AF> drugs like BBSing hahahaha...
Precisely. It can be a way to point users to other ways to
experience a BBS directly, especially if they are not impartial
to using a traditional computer.
AF> At least, we could bring new people from "the outside". Im
AF> trying to make that two female friends start posting in
AF> fidonet, but at least they have read some echoes...
Nice!
AF> We need to make it simple for people not touched by
AF> nostalgia or textmode aesthetics. Fidonet, and the rest of
AF> FTNs, for that matter, are a mistery for a lot of folks
AF> and gals... even telling them about it is something cool
AF> to do. Well, for me, at least.
Good going!
AF> I think telegram gate is a nice setup for that mission.
AF> But we can figure out much more (thats the entire point of
AF> this echo).
It's a VERY nice setup. Only two steps required to get
started. Can't get much simpler than that!
However, at this time of writing, the Fido<->Tg path is
intermittent. But the convos on the Tg side can still carry on
for the benefit of the Tg users. ;)
