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   Hello Charles!   
      
   ** On Wednesday 18.11.20 - 19:05, Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    CP> Telling them about echomail is somewhat useless without them   
    CP> understanding BBSes are still here and operational, and do not require   
    CP> computers older than they are to access.   
      
   One step at a time. The first step.. join an echo. Then they     
   "learn" the unique terms and further possibilities.   
      
      
    CP> A "landing page" would do no more than any current BBS's Webpage now.  It   
    CP> would still require a specific search for BBS related terms, so short of   
    CP> reading an article about BBSes somewhere, or seeing BBS and BBS networks   
    CP> mentioned in their favorite social media platform, they wouldn't know   
    CP> what to look for.   
      
   The page would be a tool.  Stas' google search using     
   FUTURE4FIDO pulled up my "Help" page, first.  That probably     
   means that Google has recognized it gets a lot of visits and     
   is therefore "relevant".   I would not dismiss the usefulness     
   of a suitable info-page as quickly as you do.  ;)   
      
      
    AA>> Most potential users are reading blogs and forums that cater   to   
    AA>> their interest.  Ephemeral conversation is often limited to   
    AA>> Facebook - because that is all they know.   
      
    CP> And a landing page found by Google searches won't change that.   
      
   I wouldn't be so sure.  People seem to think that the internet     
   *is* google.  That's what they use - a lot.   
      
      
    AA>> If there was a landing page that describes what echomail is   and   
    AA>> how to use it (either via the Telegram app, or fTelnet or   
    AA>> whatever interface) then they can be informed about the   strange   
    AA>> world of BBSing via their devices too.   
      
    CP> That's not going to happen via Googling it.   
      
   It worked well with a FUTURE4FIDO search.  It can work for     
   other things.   
      
      
    CP> They will have to see it discussed via blogs, Tweets, Facebook posts,   
    CP> Instagram, whatever.   
      
   Sure, that too. Start doing that.  ;)   
      
      
    CP> There has to be something attracting interest first.   
      
   Pretty icons help.   
      
      
    AA>> I think the messaging component should be promoted first,   *then*   
    AA>> the BBS. Not the other way around as it is now.   
      
    CP> It goes hand in hand.  BBS'S and amateur computer networks  have been   
    CP> around longer than Zuckerberg has been alive. You're not buried in   
    CP> advertisements because you did a websearch about headphones once to get   
    CP> someone a gift.   
      
   Those things have been around longer. Fine. But new people     
   have not.  ;)  I don't quite get your meaning on the latter     
   sentence.   
      
      
    CP> But you can't simply say "Hey kids, you want echomail conferences about   
    CP> almost any topic you can think of?" Without also explaining about BBSes   
    CP> and how to use them.   
      
   But I think that would work.  Hey kids.. google "fido     
   echomail" and maybe even the keywords "start here" and learn     
   that it can be a fine alternative to the usual forums and chat     
   sites out there.  THEN, they learn that they are attached to     
   the strange things called BBSes. And these BBSes can be     
   contacted directly too.   
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