MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet fa6e6475   
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   Hello Christian!   
      
   ** On Monday 14.03.22 - 08:34, you wrote to Carol:   
      
    >>>>> Getting started with Telegram is just TWO steps:   
    >>>>>   
    >>>>> [1] Install Telegram   
    >>>>> [2] Send %HELP and %LIST to the @Fido2telebot to get   
    >>> started!   
    >>>>>   
    >>>>> Do Aftershock/HotdogEd make it easier than that?  :D   
      
      
    CJ> ALthough FidoNet is not as popular as in the 20s anymore   
    CJ> and I really do understand that people who actually still   
    CJ> use it would love to see more users come back or even   
    CJ> experience FidoNet the first time, I don't think that   
    CJ> telegram is the best way.   
      
   Telegram (+ @Fido2telebot) may not be the best final solution..   
   but it's a useful option and a step forward to reach smartphone   
   users.   
      
      
    CJ> It IS modern and well adopted, but personally, I don't   
    CJ> trust telegram. Also, this platform has quite a tendency   
    CJ> to attract people with kind of a weird view on the world.   
      
   User's of Telegram don't get any of the "weird view" channels     
   unless they actually look for then and join them.  There are no     
   ads promoting that stuff unlike the "Suggestions" system found     
   on Facebook for example.  You can be certain that Facebook is     
   to be trusted much less than Telegram.  ;)   
      
   The Fidonet groups are private. In otherwords, searching for     
   "asian_link" in the standard S)earch feature won't turn     
   anything up.  Prospective participants need to use the     
   specially crafted invite-link that the @Fido2telebot provides     
   following the %LINK command.   
      
   This privacy also makes sure that no robots or spammers can     
   post anything.   
      
   The one for this echo is:   
      
   ASIAN_LINK (https://t.me/+TlC5K7EkqxOR8E4u) - ASIAN_LINK is a     
   friendly international Fidonet chat echo.  All are welcome to     
   participate.   
      
   You can see the little intro-page on the web before you join!   
      
      
    CJ> Lately, I thought that reviving FidoNet especially in the   
    CJ> eastern reagion of Zone 2 would allow people from   
    CJ> respective countries to communicate with the "outside"   
    CJ> world bypassing their governments' control over the   
    CJ> internet.   
      
   Telegram on it's own can also be used to make live-voice     
   "calls" between contacts.  It's rather quite efficient that     
   way.   
      
    CJ> Solutions such as Telegram would not fit into that idea   
    CJ> though. :)   
      
   I'll use it to primarily have it notify me when a post is made     
   in a favourite echo. Then, it's a quick way to just take a look     
   at the messages from the convenience of the phone that might be     
   my my beside.   
      
   If I want to engage in a reply, I simply use the desktop     
   version of the app on my computer - as I am doing now - 'cuz     
   typing all this is much easier with a full-size keyboard.   
      
   As people are introduced to the content on some basic Fidonet     
   echos, hopefully they can be steered toward other tools (nntp,     
   offline readers, bbsing, etc) to get a more emmersive     
   experience of echomail - if they want - just as you have done     
   with the newly revived and well-supported Winpoint!   
      
      
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