Hello Nick,   
      
   On Sun Jan 08 2017 22:13:10, Nick Andre wrote to Nicholas Boel:   
      
    NA> I may very well be misunderstanding; and I'm not pointing fingers,   
    NA> ever, at Mystic. I'm a fan of that software, but I did somewhat-cringe   
    NA> when I saw the progress on its mailer/tosser or whatever that MIS   
    NA> module is, because James is venturing into Fido-standards territory   
    NA> which has a lot of minefields. As I posted before; it would not   
    NA> surprise me if that ends up being a de-motivational factor for him.   
    NA> Just the constant complaints about the Fido stuff, if that makes   
    NA> sense.   
      
   It makes perfect sense. It's one thing when you're working on something in a   
   hobby-related environment for fun. But when it becomes a chore due to people   
   telling him how it was, is, and always should be - the fun slips away rapidly.   
      
    NA> DR is chat originating from my system, [D]ark[R]ealms, but really it   
    NA> just exists as my own echo. No rules whatsoever, aliases/anonymous   
    NA> messages allowed.   
      
   I do remember you mentioning that now.   
      
    NA> I more or less created that echo as a total free-for-all; an   
    NA> alternative to the Fn_sysop/Fido-Sysop typical nonsense.   
      
   I'll make sure to add it when I get a chance to dive into my config next.   
      
    NB>> I haven't added many new echos to my system (maybe besides   
    NB>> Fidonet's UTF-8 echo) in quite some time. In any case, I've   
    NB>> actually been pondering removin bunch, rather than adding more. :)   
      
    NA> I know! How many Linux echoes do we really need?   
      
   Well, one for every friggin distribution out there, DUH! :)   
      
   RA support echos and OS2 echos too. Along with the various technical areas of   
   software is not even being used anymore (TUB and TORNADO come to mind right   
   off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are plenty others) Seriously,   
   there's like 5+ of each of them and they're lucky to get one post a month   
   besides the moderator's robot postings. Yet nobody has any kind of urge   
   whatsoever to knock these down and combine them into one message base that   
   could possibly get 2 posts per month instead of that lonely one.   
      
   At one point it must have just became a chest pounding thing to show how many   
   echos you moderated and how many you have collected over the years, and it   
   doesn't seem like anyone ever wanted to give up that feeling. Now we have a   
   wasteland of a bunch of dead echos and consolidation is definitely not   
   something people want to come to terms with until /maybe/ the day one realizes   
   the only one seeing the robot postings are themselves. Even then there's a   
   good chance it won't be realized.   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
   ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."   
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
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