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   Message 848 of 1,128   
   Rob Mccart to AUGUST ABOLINS   
   Re: the offline way..   
   30 Aug 25 08:02:10   
   
   TZUTC: -0500   
   MSGID: 851.canada@1:2320/105 2d182fa5   
   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/123f2d28a Jul 12 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.28-Linux master/123f2d28a Jul 12 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   BBSID: CAPCITY2   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   FORMAT: flowed   
   AA>Trying the mypoint php system from my Samsung a70 with this one. Not bad.   
      
   Looks quite workable. I guess it doesn't pick up the initials of the   
   sender to add to the new lines though.   
      
   Not a big deal, just something I noticed.   
      
   AA>--- Original Message ---   
     >From: Rob Mccart   
     >Date: 2025-08-25 08:45:32   
     >Subject: the offline way..   
      
   AA>> 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 dr   
      
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