Subj : Echomail could use a landing page
To   : August Abolins
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Wed Nov 18 2020 07:05 pm

Hello, August Abolins.
On 11/18/20 6:02 PM you wrote:

CP>> BBSes have all of the options to do pretty much that. Just not
CP>> necessarily pretty buttons.
AA> Maybe. But how are you going to inform the user/
AA> conversationalist that such a thing as echomail even exits   when
AA> they probably have it in their heads that BBSing from the   80's
AA> is dead and requires retro computers to access?

Telling them about echomail is somewhat useless without them understanding BBSes are still here and operational, and do not require computers older than they are to access.

AA> There is nothing out that promotes that the othernets of yore
AA> are still viable from modern devices.

A "landing page" would do no more than any current BBS's Webpage now.  It would still require a specific search for BBS related terms, so short of reading an article about BBSes somewhere, or seeing BBS and BBS networks mentioned in their favorite social media platform, they wouldn't know what to look for.

AA> Most potential users are reading blogs and forums that cater   to
AA> their interest.  Ephemeral conversation is often limited to
AA> Facebook - because that is all they know.

And a landing page found by Google searches won't change that.

AA> If there was a landing page that describes what echomail is   and
AA> how to use it (either via the Telegram app, or fTelnet or
AA> whatever interface) then they can be informed about the   strange
AA> world of BBSing via their devices too.

That's not going to happen via Googling it.

They will have to see it discussed via blogs, Tweets, Facebook posts, Instagram, whatever.

There has to be something attracting interest first.

AA> I think the messaging component should be promoted first,   *then*
AA> the BBS. Not the other way around as it is now.

It goes hand in hand.  BBS'S and amateur computer networks  have been around longer than Zuckerberg has been alive. You're not buried in advertisements because you did a websearch about headphones once to get someone a gift.

But you can't simply say "Hey kids, you want echomail conferences about almost any topic you can think of?" Without also explaining about BBSes and how to use them.


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