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|    Carlos Navarro to Rob Swindell    |
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|    10 Jan 24 19:59:37    |
      MSGID: 2:341/234.99 659ee912       REPLY: 41292.chat@1:103/705 29fba948       PID: JamNNTPd/Win32 1.3.1-c       CHRS: UTF-8 4       TZUTC: 0100       TID: CrashMail II/Win32 0.71       03/01/2024 22:30, Rob Swindell -> Carlos Navarro:              > > Anyway, isn't Fidonet a kind of fediverse?       >       > Kind of, sort of? FidoNet is one "social network". The Fediverse is a       > "ensemble of social networks that can communicate with each other".       > Since other FTNs (other "social networks") can communciate with FidoNet       > nodes (netmail, gated echomail), that is similar. So the Fidoverse it       > is. :-)              Yes ;-)              Each node/BBS would have to be a "social network" so that FidoNet could be       considered a fediverse...              --        Carlos              --- Mozilla Thunderbird        * Origin: cyberiada-NNTP (2:341/234.99)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 15/0 16/0 19/37 103/705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/260       SEEN-BY: 129/305 135/225 142/104 153/757 7715 154/30 203/0 218/700       SEEN-BY: 221/0 1 6 360 226/30 227/114 229/110 112 113 307 317 426       SEEN-BY: 229/428 470 664 700 240/1120 5832 280/464 282/1038 291/111       SEEN-BY: 292/8125 301/1 310/31 320/119 219 2119 322/757 341/66 234       SEEN-BY: 396/45 423/81 120 460/58 633/280 712/848 770/1 2320/105 5020/400       SEEN-BY: 5075/35       PATH: 341/234 280/464 221/1 320/219 229/426           |
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