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   Message 835 of 1,128   
   August Abolins to Rob Mccart   
   Re: the offline way..   
   28 Aug 25 16:15:20   
   
   Trying the mypoint php system from my Samsung a70 with this one. Not bad.   
      
      
   --- Original Message ---   
   From: Rob Mccart   
   Date: 2025-08-25 08:45:32   
   Subject: the offline way..   
      
   > AA>Yeah.. the current popular social sites are not really designed   
   >   >for dialog. They mostly seem to attract posts, rants, shares,   
   >   >#tags.   
   > Yes, I figured that. I guess youcan follow #tags to sort of   
   > see and join a conversation. (?)  That's a guess since, believe   
   > it or not, I've never even visited Facebook or any other of the   
   > popular onlive social media sites.   
   > RM> [...] Then the Global BBS feeds came out where you could   
   > RM> talk to people all over the world and it was amazing at   
   > RM> the time.   
   > AA>I was already familiar with a global outreach with Compuserve,   
   >   >and even newsgroups back in the 90s - it seemed amazing to get   
   >   >read and get replies by people from all over the world.   
   > Yes, I actually had people I knew from the BBS come and visit me   
   > here from Australia. Quite exciting at the time, and it was really   
   > early in the spring and very lucky that they could drive in and   
   > not have to walk the last mile through the snow.   
   > Funny, the critters were just starting to come out and they freaked   
   > out when they saw a 'Real!' Chipmunk. It seemed strange to me but   
   > I suppose it would be like us visiting there and seeing a Kangaroo..   
   > ---   
   >  * SLMR Rob  * He's descended from a long line his mother once heard   
   >  * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)   
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