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   Hello Richard!   
      
   ** On Sunday 20.09.20 - 16:12, Richard Miles wrote to Kurt Weiske:   
      
    kw>> Starting to get a little frustrated with the Telegram   
    kw>> integration. Fidonet's always been about communication,   
    kw>> and one of the things I appreciate about it is the long-   
    kw>> form capability of Fido echoes - most BBSes and offline   
    kw>> readers support paragraphs and formatting, unlike   
    kw>> Facebook or Twitter.   
      
   The Telegram gate doesn't reduce communication. I think it has     
   the potential to expand it and reach smartphone initiates.   
      
   Paragraphing is possible. All you have to do in TgM is disable     
   the SEND on CR LF in the settings.   
      
      
    kw>> When I see a message in a Fido echo with no content save   
    kw>> for an image URL, I'm reminded that just because   
    kw>> something can be done, that it doesn't follow that it   
    kw>> should be done.   
      
   We can continue to remind each other to follow some FTN-    
   etiquette: eg. top-quoting, the little indentation on a quoted     
   paragraph.   
      
      
    kw>> Or, maybe I'm just old-school.   
      
   Not at all. I think FTN way of doing things has evolved out of     
   what's better for text communications.   
      
      
    RM> I do like like seeing some explanation at least. I don't   
    RM> mind clicking the link to go check it out if I know what   
    RM> it is. I'm used to doing that on my desktop with my   
    RM> telnet client and a browser already.   
      
   On the TgM side, the image is rendered immediately. That could     
   have the tendency of making new users lazy on the reply that     
   just has an image.   
      
      
    RM> The formatting should be fine and quoting, while not as   
    RM> easily "pick and choose" as it is in a full screen   
    RM> editor, can still be done.   
      
   I do miss the pick-n-choose paragraph quoting on the TgM side     
   when using R)eply.   
      
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