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   PID: Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 master/a2a9dc027 Jan  2 2022 MSC 1928   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 r3.177 Sep 20 2020 MSC 1927   
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     To: Matt Munson   
     Re: Re: getting and keeping new users   
     By: Matt Munson to Sean Dennis on Fri Jan 23 2026 09:35 pm   
      
    > From Newsgroup: FidoNet.BBS_CARNIVAL   
      
    > Re: Re: getting and keeping new users By: Sean Dennis to Jas Hud on   
    > Fri Jan 23 2026 09:10 pm   
      
    >  SD> A spoonful of honey goes much farther than a cup of vinegar. You know   
    >  SD> this but I'm reminding you anyway.   
      
    > Yes, sometimes some posters can scare users away.   
      
      
   i disagree.  i have not seen one person scared away from bbsing by a another    
   person posting ever in my entire time in bbsing and i'm almost 50.   
      
   if people want to be a bbs user they will be one. if people want to be a bbs    
   sysop they will.   
   --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32   
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