TZUTC: -0800   
   MSGID: 960.bbscarni@1:218/700 2dd8cbd2   
   REPLY: 11518.bbs_carn@1:103/705 2dd80f51   
   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Win32 master/4fa2ba380 Dec 13 2025 MSC 1944   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.33-Win32 master/4fa2ba380 Dec 13 2025 MSC 1944   
   BBSID: REALITY   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   FORMAT: flowed   
   -=> Mark Meadows Jr wrote to ALL <=-   
      
    MMJ> "inclusive" documentation and beginner-friendly onboarding. When   
    MMJ> figures like mro, Deuce, or echicken use a blunt or mocking tone, it   
    MMJ> creates a steep "social learning curve" that many usersâÇöespecially   
    MMJ> younger hobbyists simply choose not to climb.   
      
    I was onboard, reading this until you named specific people. That wasn't   
    necessary to make your point and made it feel more like a vendetta than   
    a treatise.   
      
    MMJ>     Friendly Echos: New networks are forming with strict   
    MMJ> "no-harassment" policies specifically to provide a space where   
    MMJ> beginnes can ask basic questions without being told to "RTFM."   
      
    Which echoes are these?   
      
    The one platform I can speak to is Synchronet. There was a   
    comprehensive static documentation system that was constantly updated,   
    and now a wiki with several people contributing. Most newbie questions   
    posted online could be resolved by searching the wiki. And, most new   
    sysops ask the same questions which, I could imagine, gets tiresome.   
      
    I don't equate being told to check the documentation to harassment,   
    don't know if you intended that.   
      
    I'm reminded of Fidonet's rules from way back when -   
      
    1. Don't be excessively annoying.   
    2. Don't be excessively annoyed.   
      
    It's just a hobby.   
      
      
       
   --- MultiMail/Win v0.52   
    * Origin: http://realitycheckbbs.org | tomorrow's retro tech (1:218/700)   
   SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 18/200 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187   
   SEEN-BY: 129/14 305 153/7715 214/22 218/0 1 109 215 601 700 810 840   
   SEEN-BY: 218/860 880 226/30 227/114 229/110 112 134 206 300 317 400   
   SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 470 664 700 705 266/512 291/111 301/1 320/219   
   SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848 902/26 5020/400   
   SEEN-BY: 5075/35   
   PATH: 218/700 229/426