Hello mark!   
      
   06 Dec 16, mark lewis wrote to Kai Richter:   
      
    KR>> There was no rules or moderator posting since i got the echo in   
    KR>> 2013.   
      
    ml> i've been carrying the area for longer than that ;)   
      
   Then you could tell us who was the last official mod.   
      
    KR>> A single person can't start an echo, you need two at least.   
      
    ml> nope... i can easily start a new message area and make it available   
    ml> for others to pull from my system... once i made the area and put it   
    ml> in my tosser as available to others, it became an echo... think about   
    ml> it, eh? ;)   
      
   As long as not other got it it's just a localarea, no matter if you config it   
   as echo. I think i don't need to explain what an "echo" is, do i?   
      
    KR>> Fidonet is more than Zone 1 and no, it is not always that way.   
      
    ml> you guys are funny... on the one hand you don't want things to change   
    ml> but on the other, you're doing everything you can to change them..   
      
   Dunno which guys you are talking about. Change is.   
      
    KR>> My way today is that i don't want to waste my time with that   
    KR>> kiddy-goo.   
      
    ml> me either...   
      
   Then don't feed it.   
      
    KR>> We do not need a moderator with that low traffic these days.   
      
    ml> says who?   
      
   Reality.   
      
   A friendly advice from others should be enough.   
   (Ok, for my case, the friendly may get lost due to translation.)   
      
    KR>> The fact that the bots owner didn't respond here proves that he   
    KR>> did not show resposibility for the mod job, he's just playing   
    KR>> with bots scripts.   
      
    ml> perhaps he is, as others do, ignoring henri? did'ja ever think about   
    ml> that? :)   
      
   Yes, i wrote that above, he doesn't take responsibility.   
      
   Ignoring both of them to be not excessively annoyed cures the symtoms, but not   
   the cause. Even if that bot posting if from an official mod, ignoring a mod   
   isn't a good way to "play nice", cause it would lead into escalation.   
      
   Regards   
      
   Kai   
      
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