ML> IMO, Charles, FidoNet is, with the exception of some of the garbage that   
    ML> gets imported from Usenet, one of the only places you can go, read and   
    ML> post to your heart's content without fear of being snooped on by   
    ML> whatever entities are busy gathering and scattering your personal data.   
      
   There's a large user base that's looking for that, as they abandon Facebook   
   and their ilk. But none of them seem to know that FidoNet, or FSXNet, or the   
   like, still exist. Heck, most seem surprised that USENET still exists. :/ And   
   so rather than come to BBSes and FidoNet, they go to public-access *nix   
   systems like SDF or Grex, or completely reinvent the wheel (Hashbang, the   
   "Tildeverse", et al), spreading an already fairly small audience/user base   
   even thinner.   
      
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