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|    Rob Mccart to AUGUST ABOLINS    |
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|    01 Sep 25 09:24:45    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 872.canada@1:2320/105 2d1ae615       REPLY: 1:153/757.21@fidonet 23e80966       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>Yes.. #tags try to be the equivalent of what we refer to        >"topic" here, I guess. But following the #tags seemed to steer        >me away from the original message and I would get lost real        >quick.              Yes, even not using that I can see that would be the situation.       People would start going off topic and it would branch off all       over the place.              AA>BTW.. yes, stay away from FB. It's loaded with trackers and        >they push outside stories and ads in the middle of your        >friend's posts based on what else you read and click on.              You don't need that. If it's accessed by Browser, mine blocks       trackers but my phone offers an App for Facebook that likely       would support that sort of activity.              That said, more and more I'm running into sites that won't let       me load their pages because they can't spy on me through my browser.       I've run into a number of pages that will lock my phone solid as       they try brute force to do their thing.              Way back the BBS systems were a little busier, unless there are       a lot more lurkers out there than I know.. But we're all talking       a fair bit here and there's a wide range of countries represented       by various users so you can get ideas or opinions from a wider       range of people with their experiences giving them ideas you may       not have considered.              ---        * SLMR Rob * ... It works! Now, if only I could remember what I did        * 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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