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|    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              ---        * SLMR Rob * Faster horses, younger women and older whiskey        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/14 305 153/7715 154/110 218/700       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 275 300 307 317 426 428 470 664 700       SEEN-BY: 229/705 291/111 292/854 320/219 322/757 396/45 460/58 712/848       SEEN-BY: 902/26 2320/0 105 304 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 2320/105 229/426           |
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