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|    Richard Miles to Kurt Weiske    |
|    Re: https://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_o    |
|    20 Sep 20 16:12:10    |
      MSGID: 2:460/58 -1001206383505:138       REPLY: 2:460/58 134       PID: Telegram to fido gate by Stas Mishchenkov       CHRS: CP866 2       TGUID: 249680311       REPLYTO 2:460/58 249680311       RealName: 0              Answering a msg from Kurt Weiske:       >-=> Brother Rabbit wrote to All <=-       >       > BR> https://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_original/6/8/3/14737386.jpg       >       > Starting to get a little frustrated with the Telegram integration.       > Fidonet's always been about communication, and one of the things I       > appreciate about it is the long-form capability of Fido echoes - most       > BBSes and offline readers support paragraphs and formatting, unlike       > Facebook or Twitter.       >       > Posting links to jpegs with no accompanying text loses something in       > the translation once it gets back to the BBSes it originates from.       >       > When I see a message in a Fido echo with no content save for an image       > URL, I'm reminded that just because something can be done, that it       > doesn't follow that it should be done.       >       > Or, maybe I'm just old-school.       >       >       >       >... Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.              I do like like seeing some explanation at least. I don't mind clicking the       link        to go check it out if I know what it is. I'm used to doing that on my desktop        with my telnet client and a browser already.              The formatting should be fine and quoting, while not as easily "pick and        choose" as it is in a full screen editor, can still be done.                     --- tg2fido.pl        * Origin: Telegram to fido gate by Stas Mishchenkov (2:460/58)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 114/705 120/340 123/120 131 226/30 227/114 702       SEEN-BY: 229/101 424 426 452 664 1016 240/5832 249/206 317 400 292/854       SEEN-BY: 298/25 305/3 317/3 322/757 342/200       PATH: 460/58 640/1384 221/1 6 153/757 261/38 250/1 8 317/3 229/426           |
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