An open letter to all:   
      
   There are more dead echoes than there are live echoes in Fidonet. Scanning   
   through online archives, many of them have, as their only message traffic,   
   automated posting of the rules - to be read by no one.   
      
   If you have a dead echo, please consider letting it die. Fidonet will be a   
   more lively place with fewer echoes carrying traffic rather than an echo   
   wasteland where people can't find the active echoes.   
      
   Otherwise, if you have a dead echo, wear your moderator hat and start a   
   dicussion! I'm sure there are other people like me around; I have the   
   backbone linked to my system; I'm sure others like myself will join in.   
      
   Lastly, if you want to see more traffic on Fidonet, adopt an echo. Pick a   
   dead echo, advertise it here, and let's see if we can get people talking   
   again.   
      
      
      
      
      
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