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   Hello Doug!   
      
   ** On Monday 25.05.20 - 01:54, Doug Cooper wrote to Daniel:   
      
    DC> I'm about ready to go back to a land line as well.   
      
   Why?   
      
    DC> I keep Facebook because my family is on there and I don't even read   
    DC> what they say.  My dad, at 74 is posting his daily schedule and   
    DC> expects the family to read it.   
      
   He's found a purposeful activity.  Keep encouraging it.  FB is fairly     
   simple.   I steered my mom to FTN echomail in the pre-FB days.  She     
   mastered the quoting and cleaning up of wrapped lines very nicely.  She     
   participated in a few online forums too.   
      
      
    DC> ...and I'm not sifthing through 10,000 cat meme's to get to his   
    DC> schedule update posted within my newsfeed.  So, we're in a pickle.   
      
   That is one of the annoyances of FB for me..  lack of proper S)earch in a     
   regular personal account. Otherwise, FB resembles one long continuous     
   toilet-paper roll of meaningless crap: photos of food, stupid shared     
   memes/jokes, etc.   
      
   But I found out that a Group account does allow S)earches.  Maybe have a     
   group account for your dad.   
      
      
    DC> One wish ... on my list .. is a network with no more then 20 GENERAL   
    DC> TOPIC discussion areas that are more user focused, active, and non   
    DC> SysOp or Tech related to enjoy.  During times like we are in right   
    DC> now, a break for WORK, Politics, and this virus are of value.  But   
    DC> I'm finding many networks, even Fido, only have active echos within   
    DC> HAM Radio, politics, BBS related topics.   
      
   This echo, COFFEE_KLATSCH, is a good home-base to start from.  Then, find     
   another echo that might interest you, and try to steer people to that to     
   continue those specific topics.   
      
   I'm hovering in MOVIES, INTERNET, CATS_MEOW (pets), FILM.  The top non-    
   tech echos are:   
      
       COOKING              8.87%   
       WEATHER              6.46%   
       HOME_COOKING         5.96%   
       RECIPES              5.75%   
       NHL                  2.30%   
       MEMORIES             1.54%   
       POLITICS             1.11%   
       DADS                 0.57%   
       ENGLISH_TUTOR        0.22%   
      
      
    DC> I'm not sure how we attract new and or past BBS USERS (not current   
    DC> SysOps) when focused so internally   
      
   Put out posters in your community at places like grocery stores,     
   laundromats, post offices.   
      
      
    DC> .... but ... if I must discuss Licensed Turf Management here ... feel   
    DC> free to ask about crap grass, grubs, proper fertilization timing,   
    DC> etc.... I have a bit of experience witin it.   
      
   There's a fido echo HOME_N_GRDN for that.  Start posting and let people     
   here know that you're writing there.   
      
      
    DC> Thanks for th welcome and the echo.  This should be a good break for me.   
    DC> And if anyone desires ... give my BBS a connect .... It's, like any, a   
    DC> work in development, but I'm commited to daily changes to keep it fresh,   
    DC> configured, funcitonal, and relevant.  And it's inception was April 2020.   
    DC>  So ... your feedback in email would be awesome!  Good or bad.   
      
    DC> www.theunderground.us:10023   
      
      
   Your "Breaking News" write-up at telentbbsguide.com is very good!  Produce     
   a condensed version of that and get it posted at physical bulletin boards     
   or produce a pamphlet (3-fold version) that can be placed with retailers     
   in your community.  Maybe even a local bookstore would welcome to have it!     
      
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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